Stratospheric temperature monitoring using a vibrational Raman lidar. Part 1: Aerosols and ozone interferences

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-364

  Faduilhe, Denis ^a   Keckhut, Philippe ^b   Bencherif, Hassan ^a   Robert, Laurent ^a   Baldy, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ACCURACY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; VIBRATION; VOLCANO;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OZONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 17444370503     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b415299a     Document Type: Article

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