Optical measurements of atmospheric particles from airborne platforms: In situ and remote sensing instruments for balloons and aircrafts

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-64

  Buontempo, Carlo ^a   Cairo, Francesco ^a   Di Donfrancesco, Guido ^b   Morbidini, Roberto ^a   Viterbini, Maurizio ^a   Adriani, Alberto ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Backscattersonde; LIDAR; Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CLOUD; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33747204033     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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