Optical and geometrical characteristics of cirrus clouds over a Southern European lidar station

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5519-5530

  Giannakaki, E ^a   Balis, D S ^a   Amiridis, V ^b   Kazadzis, S ^a  

^a Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics   (Greece)

^b Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; GEOMETRY; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 35748956406     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-5519-2007     Document Type: Article

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