Dual-wavelength Raman lidar observations of the extinction-to-backscatter ratio of Saharan dust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 20-1-20-4

  Mattis, Ina ^a   Ansmann, Albert ^a   Müller, Detlef ^a   Wandinger, Ulla ^a   Althausen, Dietrich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RADAR; RAMAN SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

VOLUME EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT;

GEOPHYSICS;

BACKSCATTER; DUST; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LIDAR; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

AFRICA; GERMANY; SAHARA; SAXONY;

EID: 20244382364     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl014721     Document Type: Article

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