Optimization of lidar data processing: A goal of the EARLINET-ASOS project

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6750, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Amodeo, Aldo ^a   Mattis, Ina ^b   Böckmann, Christine ^c   D'Amico, Giuseppe ^a   Müllerb, Detlef ^b   Osterloh, Lukas ^c   Chaikovsky, Anatoly ^d   Pappalardo, Gelsomina ^a   Ansmann, Albert ^b   Apituley, Arnoud ^e   Alados Arboledas, Lucas ^f   Balis, Dimitris ^g   Comeron, Adolfo ^h   Freudenthaler, Volker ⁱ   Mitev, Valentin ^j   Nicolae, Doina ^k   Papayannis, Alexandras ^l   Perrone, Maria Rita ^m   Pietruczuk, Aleksander ⁿ   Pujadas, Manuel ^o   Putaud, Jean Philippe ^p   Ravetta, Francois ^q   Rizi, Vincenzo ^r   Simeonov, Valentin ^s   Spinelli, Nicola ^t   Stebel, Kersten ^u   Stoyanov, Dimitar ^v   Trickl, Thomas ^w   Wiegner, Matthias ⁱ   more..

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^g Aristoteleio Panepistimio   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^j Observatoire Cantonal   (Switzerland)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

^l NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

ⁿ INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^o CIEMAT   (Spain)

^p JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^q SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^s EPFL   (Switzerland)

^t Fisiche della Materia   (Italy)

^u NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^v INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

^w KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Aerosol; EARLINET; Lidar; Network; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DATA HANDLING; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING;

CONTINENTAL SCALE; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; EARLINET; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; RETRIEVAL; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 57549083637     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.738348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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