Two-wavelength lidar inversion algorithm for a two-component atmosphere

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5134-5143

  Ackermann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backscatter lidar; Two wavelength lidar inversion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR INVERSION;

EID: 0031432032     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005134     Document Type: Article

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