Retrieval of physical particle properties from lidar observations of extinction and backscatter at multiple wavelengths

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2260-2263

  Müller, Detlef ^a   Wandinger, Ulla ^a   Althausen, Dietrich ^a   Mattis, Ina ^a   Ansmann, Albert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; LIDAR; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 0032550384     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002260     Document Type: Article

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