Characterization of particles from stratospheric launch vehicle plumes using wavelength-dependent Lidar techniques

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2395-2398

  Dentamaro, Anthony V ^a,b   Dao, Phan D ^a   Farley, Robert ^a,c   Ross, Martin ^a,d  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PhotoMetrics Inc   (United States)

^d AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE LAYER; ROCKET ENGINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ROCKETS; SPACE SHUTTLES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BACKSCATTERING RATIO; DISPERSION RATE; MEASUREMENTS OF; PARTICLE RADII; REFRACTION INDEX; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

LAUNCH VEHICLES; THERMAL PLUMES;

MIE SCATTERING; MOBILE LIDAR TRAILER; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS;

EMISSION; LIDAR; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0033404576     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900517     Document Type: Article

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