Depolarization ratio-effective lidar ratio relation: Theoretical basis for space lidar cloud phase discrimination

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Hu, Yongxiang ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION;

HISTOGRAM; LINEAR POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT; PHASE DISCRIMINATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLOUD; CORRELATION; HISTOGRAM; LIDAR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLARIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34547996320     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029584     Document Type: Article

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