Airborne doppler lidar investigation of sea surface reflectance at a 355-nm ultraviolet wavelength

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-704

  Li, Zhigang ^a,b   Lemmerz, Christian ^a   Paffrath, Ulrike ^a   Reitebuch, Oliver ^a   Witschas, Benjamin ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC REFLECTANCE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS MISSION-AEOLUS; DOPPLER LIDARS; EXPECTED EFFECTS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; MODEL RESULTS; SEA SURFACES; SPACE-BORNE; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH; WIND LIDAR;

DOPPLER EFFECT; OPTICAL RADAR;

REFLECTION;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CALIBRATION; DOPPLER LIDAR; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE; WAVELENGTH; WIND STRESS;

AEOLUS;

EID: 73049084550     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1302.1     Document Type: Article

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