Raman LIDAR detection of cloud base

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1899-1902

  Demoz, Belay ^a   Starr, David ^b   Whiteman, David ^b   Evans, Keith ^a   Hlavka, Dennis ^c   Peravali, Ravindra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; LIDAR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL SCATTERING RATIO; BELFORT LASER CEILOMETER; CLOUD BOUNDARY DETECTION; MICROPULSE LIDAR; RAMAN LIDAR SYSTEM; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0034352793     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010941     Document Type: Article

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