First water vapor measurement over Athens, Greece, obtained by a combined Raman-elastic backscatter lidar system

Optica Pura y Aplicada

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 109-116

  Mamouri, R E ^a   Papayannis, A ^a   Tsaknakis, G ^a   Amiridis, V ^b   Koukouli, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Raman lidar; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549119092     PISSN: 00303917     EISSN: 21718814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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