Selection Algorithm for the CALIPSO Lidar Aerosol Extinction-to-Backscatter Ratio

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1526-1530

  Omar, Ali H ^a   Winker, David M ^a   Won, Jae Gwang ^a   Vaughan, Mark A ^a   Hostetler, Chris A ^a   Reagan, John A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPACITY; TABLE LOOKUP;

EXTINCTION PRODUCT; POLAR AEROSOLS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0242711325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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