Observation and characterization of aerosols above ALOMAR (69°N) by tropospheric Lidar, sun-photometer and VHF Radar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6367, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Frioud, Max ^a   Gausa, Michael ^a   Stebel, Kerstin ^b   Hansen, Georg ^b   Myhre, Cathrine ^b   Singer, Werner ^c   Latteck, Ralph ^c   De Frutos, Angel ^d   Cachorro, Victoria ^d   Toledano, Carlos ^d   Rodriguez, Edith ^d  

^a Andøya Rocket Range ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosol backscatter Lidar; Aerosol optical depth; Aerosol stratification; Arctic aerosol; Sun photometer; Tropopause; Tropospheric aerosols; VHF Radar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PHOTOMETERS; POLARIZATION; TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL BACKSCATTER LIDAR; AEROSOL STRATIFICATION; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; VHF RADAR;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33846625530     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.690026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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