Lidar studies of aerosols and non-Kolmogorov turbulence in the Mediterranean troposphere

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5987, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Zilberman, A ^a   Golbraikh, E ^a   Kopeika, N S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerosol size distribution; Atmospheric aerosols; LIDAR; Turbulence spectrum

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE SPECTRUM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 33644512721     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.629687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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