Calibration method for the lidar-observed stratospheric depolarization ratio in the presence of liquid aerosol particles

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 36, 2001, Pages 6587-6595

  Adachi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Shibata, Takashi ^a   Iwasaka, Yasunobu ^a   Fujiwara, Motowo ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tajimi Kita High School   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; CALIBRATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

DEPOLARIZATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0013001922     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006587     Document Type: Article

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