Use of lidar measurements of aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients as a part of assessing data from meteorological forecast models and scattering calculations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6367, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gustafsson, Ove K S ^a   Persson, Rolf ^a   Thorin, Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol; EARLINET; Extinction; HIRLAM; Lidar; MATCH; Propagation; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RAMAN SCATTERING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; EARLINET; HIRLAM; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; MATCH;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 33846612785     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.689919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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