Atmospheric aerosol backscatter measurements using a tunable coherent CO2 lidar

Applied Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 1984, Pages 2510-2517

  Menzies, Robert T ^a   Kavaya, Michael J ^a   Flamant, Pierre H ^a   Haner, David A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS - ATMOSPHERIC; LASERS, CARBON DIOXIDE - APPLICATIONS; RADAR, OPTICAL - INFRARED RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL BACKSCATTER; LASER INFRARED RADAR (LIDAR);

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0021479933     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.23.002510     Document Type: Article

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