Depolarization of lidar returns by small ice crystals: An application to contrails

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-312

  Mishchenko, Michael I ^a   Sassen, Kenneth ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHERICS; ICE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; DEPOLARIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY;

ICE CRYSTALS; LIDAR LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; T MATRIX METHOD;

METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR;

CONTRAIL; ICE CRYSTAL; LIDAR;

LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIOS; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYDISPERSIONS; QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

EID: 0032004543     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03764     Document Type: Article

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