Quasi-analytical determination of noise-induced error limits in lidar retrieval of aerosol backscatter coefficient by the elastic, two-component algorithm

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Sicard, Michaël ^a   Comerón, Adolfo ^a   Rocadenbosch, Francisco ^a   Rodriguez, Alejandro ^a   Muñoz, Constantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ERRORS; OPTICAL RADAR;

ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; ERROR EXPRESSIONS; INVERSION METHODS; NOISE-INDUCED ERRORS; STATISTICAL ERRORS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 60949113667     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000176     Document Type: Article

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