Validating lidar depolarization calibration using solar radiation scattered by ice clouds

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 157-161

  Liu, Zhaoyan ^a   McGill, Matthew ^b   Hu, Yongxiang ^c   Hostetler, Chris ^c   Vaughan, Mark ^c   Winker, David ^c  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Depolarization measurement; Solar radiation; Spaceborne lidar

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLOUD PHYSICS LIDAR (CPL); DEPOLARIZATION MEASUREMENT; SPACEBORNE LIDARS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 3342951136     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2004.829613     Document Type: Article

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