CALIPSO lidar description and performance assessment

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1214-1228

  Hunt, William H ^a,b   Vaughan, Mark A ^b   Powell, Kathleen A ^a,b   Weimer, Carl ^c  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER LIDAR; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA PRODUCTS; HIGH QUALITY; LASER ENERGIES; LEVEL 2; LONG TERM STABILITY; ON-ORBIT; OVERALL QUALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; RADIATION-INDUCED EFFECTS; SOUTH ATLANTIC ANOMALIES; SPECIAL TREATMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; POLARIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; CLOUD; LIDAR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION;

EID: 70349155064     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1223.1     Document Type: Article

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