Use of probability distribution functions for discriminating between clouds and aerosol in lidar backscatter data

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Liu, Zhaoyan ^a   Vaughan, Mark A ^b   Winker, David M ^c   Hostetler, Chris A ^c   Poole, Lamont R ^c   Hlavka, Dennis ^d   Hart, William ^d   McGill, Matthew ^e  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud and aerosol discrimination; Scene classification; Space lidar

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CLOUD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 6444242563     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004732     Document Type: Article

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