Initial performance assessment of CALIOP

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Winker, David M ^a   Hunt, William H ^b   McGill, Matthew J ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; CLOUD; DATA QUALITY; LIDAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 35148883564     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030135     Document Type: Article

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