Two-wavelength lidar inversion algorithm for a two-component atmosphere with variable extinction-to-backscatter ratios

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3164-3171

  Ackermann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0041583235     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003164     Document Type: Article

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