The CALIPSO mission: Spaceborne lidar for observation of aerosols and clouds

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4893, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  Winker, David M ^a   Pelon, Jacques ^b   McCormick, M Patrick ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate; Clouds; Lidar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; DATA ACQUISITION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RADAR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; SPACEBORNE LIDARS;

OPTICAL RADAR; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0043172246     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.466539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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