Contrail properties derived from high-resolution polarization lidar studies during SUCCESS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1165-1168

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a   Hsueh, Ching Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TROPOSPHERE; CLOUDS; DEPOLARIZATION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; NASA; POLARIZATION; TRACKING (POSITION);

CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS; CONTRAILS; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY LIDAR (PDL); CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GROUND BASED; HIGH RESOLUTION; LASER BACKSCATTERING; LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION; SOLAR CORONA;

CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR;

CIRRUS; CONTRAIL; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES;

EID: 14444286946     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03503     Document Type: Article

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