Global monitoring of clouds and aerosols using a network of micro-pulse lidar systems

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4153, Issue , 2001, Pages 151-158

  Welton, Ellsworth J ^a   Campbell, James R ^b   Spinhirne, James D ^c   Stanley Scott, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Clouds; Extinction; Lidar; Micro pulse lidar; Network; Optical depth

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; LIGHT EXTINCTION;

MICRO-PULSE LIDAR (MPL) SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DEPTH;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0035035007     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.417040     Document Type: Article

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