Optical and physical properties of stratospheric aerosols from balloon measurements in the visible and near-infrared domains. I. Analysis of aerosol extinction spectra from the AMON and SALOMON balloonborne spectrometers

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2002, Pages 7522-7539

  Berthet, Gwenael ^a   Renard, Jean Baptiste ^a   Brogniez, Colette ^c   Robert, Claude ^a   Chartier, Michel ^a   Pirre, Michel ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BALLOONS; INFRARED RADIATION; SCATTERING; SPECTROMETERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

MIE SCATTERING MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0037147472     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.007522     Document Type: Article

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