Fully automated analysis of space-based lidar data: An overview of the CALIPSO retrieval algorithms and data products

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5575, Issue , 2004, Pages 16-30

  Vaughan, Mark ^a   Young, Stuart ^b   Winker, David ^a   Powell, Kathleen ^a   Omar, Ali ^a   Liu, Zhaoyan ^c   Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Hostetler, Chris ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BACKSCATTERING; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL RADAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STANDARD DEVIATION;

SATELLITES;

EID: 17644425718     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.572024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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