Notes on temperature-dependent lidar equations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1021-1039

  Adam, Mariana ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL BACKSCATTERING; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; BACKSCATTER RATIO; CIRRUS CLOUDS; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION; ERROR ESTIMATES; GAUSSIANS; HOWARD UNIVERSITY; INTERFERENCE FILTERS; LIDAR EQUATIONS; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; NARROWBAND INTERFERENCE FILTERS; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RAMAN LIDAR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; ERRORS; OPTICAL RADAR;

WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; CIRRUS; EQUATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LIDAR; MIXING RATIO; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 70349138108     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1206.1     Document Type: Article

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