Observations of aerosol and clouds with the ABLE and MAL lidars during the mid-latitude and arctic ENVISAT validation campaigns

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 530, 2003, Pages 579-584

  Matthey, Renaud ^a   Cacciani, Marco ^b   Fiocco, Giorgio ^b   Martinez, Ana Alfaro ^c   Martucci, Giovanni ^a   Mitev, Valentin ^a   Pace, Giandomenico ^b   Stefanutti, Leopoldo ^c  

^a Hôpital de Neuchâtel   (Switzerland)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Polo Scientifico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; OPTICAL RADAR;

VALIDATION CAMPAIGNS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0242290281     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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