The retrieval of extinction profiles in optically-inhomogeneous cloud and aerosol layers detected by the calipso lidar

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn 2, Issue 561, 2004, Pages 999-1002

  Young, Stuart ^a   Winker, David ^b   Vaughan, Mark ^c   Powell, Kathleen ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; INFRARED IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AEROSOLS ATTENUATION; LIDAR RATIO; OPTICAL THICKNESS; WIDE-FIELD CAMERA (WFC);

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 3142647107     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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