Observation of raman scattering by cloud droplets in the atmosphere

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3551-3559

  Melfi, S Harvey ^a,b   Evans, Keith D ^a,c   Li, Jing ^a,b   Whiteman, David ^a   Ferrare, Richard ^a,c   Schwemmer, Geary ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD DROPLETS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 0031395768     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003551     Document Type: Article

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