Adaptive Algorithms for the Fully-Automated Retrieval of Cloud and Aerosol Extinction Profiles from CALIPSO Lidar Data

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1517-1519

  Young, Stuart A ^a   Vaughan, Mark A ^b   Winker, David M ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Analysis; Automated analysis; Lidar; Space lidar

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; OBSERVATORIES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SCENE CLASSIFIER ALGORITHM (SCA); SPACE LIDAR;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0242627251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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