Lidar backscatter properties of Al2O3 rocket exhaust particles

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 711-715

  Reed, Robert A ^a,f   Nolen, Mitchel K ^a,f   Zolensky, Michael E ^b   Bankman, Isaac ^c   Giles, John ^c   Lang, Peter ^c   Mishchenko, Michael I ^d,g   Ross, Martin N ^e,h  

^a ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^f AEDC Group   (United States)

^g Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^h Launch Systems Studies

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BACKSCATTERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEPOLARIZATION; LIDAR BACKSCATTER PROPERTIES; PARTICLE RADIUS; PARTICLE SHAPES;

EXHAUST GASES;

EID: 24144466544     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.7551     Document Type: Article

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