Application of statistical methods to the determination of slope in lidar data

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3360-3369

  Whiteman, David N ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOSONDES; RAMAN SCATTERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL EXTINCTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS (DIAL); RAMAN LIDARS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0032614595     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003360     Document Type: Article

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