Extinction coefficients retrieved in deep tropical ice clouds from lidar observations using a CALIPSO-like algorithm compared to in-situ measurements from the cloud integrating nephelometer during CRYSTAL-FACE

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1415-1422

  Noel, V ^a   Winker, D M ^b   Garrett, T J ^c   McGill, M ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLOUD; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE MISSION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33947168312     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-1415-2007     Document Type: Article

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