Iterative method to determine an averaged backscatter–to–extinction ratio in cirrus clouds

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1512-1518

  Elouragini, Salem ^a   Flamant, Pierre H ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Backscatter to extinction ratio; Cirrus; Lidar

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CIRRUS; LIDAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030438275     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001512     Document Type: Article

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