Fractal properties and denoising of lidar signals from cirrus clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D3, 2000, Pages 3975-3982

  Van Den Heuvel, J C ^a   Driesenaar, M L ^a   Lerou, R J L ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LIDAR;

EID: 0033792451     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900972     Document Type: Article

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