Airborne lidar reflectance measurements at 1.57 Î1/4m in support of the A-SCOPE mission for atmospheric CO2

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 755-772

  Amediek, A ^a   Fix, A ^a   Ehret, G ^a   Caron, J ^b   Durand, Y ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; MODIS; REFLECTANCE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 79960550129     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-2-755-2009     Document Type: Article

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