Overview of the CALIPSO mission and CALIOP data processing algorithms

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2310-2323

  Winker, David M ^a   Vaughan, Mark A ^a   Omar, Ali ^a   Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Powell, Kathleen A ^a   Liu, Zhaoyan ^b   Hunt, William H ^c   Young, Stuart A ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; CALIPSO; CALIPSO MISSION; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLOUD LAYERS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; CONSTELLATION OF SATELLITES; DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; DATA PRODUCTS; DATA SETS; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; SPACE LIDAR; TWO WAVELENGTH;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; DATA PROCESSING; EARTH (PLANET); NASA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; SATELLITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIDAR; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 72049113742     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1281.1     Document Type: Article

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