Toward retrieving properties of the tenuous atmosphere using space-based lidar measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D22, 2001, Pages 28143-28157

  Stephens, Graeme L ^a   Engelen, Richard J ^a   Vaughan, Mark ^b   Anderson, Theodore L ^c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; CIRRUS; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH;

EID: 0035686403     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000632     Document Type: Article

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