Theoretical and experimental study of inversion algorithms for space lidar observation of clouds and aerosols

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3494, Issue , 1998, Pages 296-304

  Liu, Zhaoyan ^a   Sugimoto, Nobuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cloud; Global atmospheric observation; Lidar data processing; Lidar inversion algorithm; Space borne lidar

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS;

ALGORITHM STUDIES; CLIMATE MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATION; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS; ITERATIVE ALGORITHMS; LIDAR DATA PROCESSING; LIDAR INVERSION ALGORITHM; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR SIGNALS; NATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF JAPANS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF AEROSOLS; SPACE BORNE LIDAR; SPACE LIDARS; SPATIAL IN HOMOGENEITIES; TEST TOOLS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0038802331     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.332425     Document Type: Conference Paper

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