Airborne CO2 coherent lidar for measurements of atmospheric aerosol and cloud backscatter

Applied Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 1994, Pages 5698-5711

  Menzies, Robert T ^a   Tratt, David M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIRCRAFT; BACKSCATTERING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CLOUDS;

AIRBORNE BACKSCATTER LIDAR; GLOBAL BACKSCATTERING EXPERIMENT;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTER; CLOUD; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WINDFIELD; LIDAR;

EID: 0028668057     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.33.005698     Document Type: Article

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