An iterative calculation to derive extinction-to-backscatter ratio based on lidar measurements

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1187-1195

  Chiang, Chih Wei ^a,b   Das, Subrata Kumar ^b   Nee, Jan Bai ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Depolarization ratio; Dust; Lidar ratio; Optical thickness

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DEPOLARIZATION; DUST; ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; LIDAR RATIO;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; BACKSCATTER; DETECTION METHOD; DUST; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LIDAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIATIVE FORCING; TRANSMISSION LOSS; VISIBILITY;

EID: 40649116928     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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