Compensational three-wavelength differential-absorption lidar technique for reducing the influence of differential scattering on ozone-concentration measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4790-4797

  Kovalev, Vladimir A ^a   Bristow, Michael P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscattering; DIAL; Inversion problems; Lidar; Ozone

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; DIAL; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; INVERSION; LIDAR; OZONE;

EID: 0030421065     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004790     Document Type: Article

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