Elevated cloud and aerosol layer retrievals from micropulse lidar signal profiles

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 685-700

  Campbell, James R ^a,b   Sassen, Kenenth ^a   Welton, Ellsworth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (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

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL RADAR;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); BACKGROUND SCENES; DETECTION ALGORITHMS; GROUND-BASED; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MICRO PULSE LIDAR (MPL); MOLECULAR SCATTERING; POLAR STRATOSPHERIC CLOUD (PSC); SATELLITE DATASETS; SIGNAL NORMALIZATION; SOUTH POLE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TIME AVERAGING;

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; ALGORITHM; DATA SET; LIDAR; NADIR; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTH POLE;

EID: 45849098369     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1034.1     Document Type: Article

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