Pulsed airborne lidar measurements of atmospheric CO2 column absorption

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 770-783

  Abshire, James B ^a   Riris, Haris ^a   Allan, Graham R ^b   Weaver, Clark J ^c   Mao, Jianping ^c   Sun, Xiaoli ^a   Hasselbrack, William E ^b   Kawa, S Randoph ^a   Biraud, Sebastien ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; NSCAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETER; WAVELENGTH;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958555498     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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