Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  McGill, Matthew J ^a   Vaughan, Mark A ^b   Trepte, Charles R ^c   Hart, William D ^b   Hlavka, Dennis L ^b   Winker, David M ^c   Kuehn, Ralph ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; CLOUD; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37349119282     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008768     Document Type: Article

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