Principal component analysis applied to multiwavelength lidar aerosol backscatter and extinction measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 36, 1997, Pages 9406-9424

  Donovan, David P ^a   Carswell, Allan I ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Lidar; Multiwavelength aerosol measurements

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; EXTINCTION; LIDAR;

EID: 0031581461     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.009406     Document Type: Article

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