Raman lidar monitoring of extinction and backscattering of African dust layers and dust characterization

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1699-1709

  Tomasi, Ferdinando De ^a   Blanco, Armando ^a   Perrone, Maria R ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DUST; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; EXCIMER LASERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY;

DUST LAYERS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0041381044     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.001699     Document Type: Article

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