Calculation of the calibration constant of polarization lidar and its dependency on atmospheric temperature

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 805-817

  Behrendt, Andreas ^a   Nakamura, Takuji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

LASER WAVELENGTH; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUDS; POLARIZATION LIDAR; RAMAN BANDS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0012599762     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000805     Document Type: Article

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