Comments on "Accuracy of Raman lidar water vapor calibration and its applicability to long-term measurements"

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2170-2176

  Whiteman, David N ^a   Venable, Demetrius ^b   Landulfo, Eduardo ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; TELESCOPES; WATER VAPOR;

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; CALIBRATION CONSTANTS; HYBRID CALIBRATION; HYBRID TECHNIQUES; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MULTIPLE CALIBRATION; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; TELESCOPE APERTURE;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 79958739627     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.002170     Document Type: Review

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