LITE validation experiment along California's coast: Preliminary results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-76

  Strawbridge, K B ^a   Hoff, R M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; SPACE SHUTTLES; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL WAVELENGTH; GROUND-BASED LIDARS; INTERNATIONAL GROUP; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; THREE-WAVELENGTHS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; GROUND TRUTH; LIDAR; LITE; SPACE SHUTTLE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029754685     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03338     Document Type: Article

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