Determination of cloud effective particle size from the multiple-scattering effect on lidar integration-method temperature measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2796-2804

  Reichardt, Jens ^a   Reichardt, Susanne ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

CIRRUS; OPTICAL DEPTHS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 33745135037     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.002796     Document Type: Article

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