Lamp mapping technique for independent determination of the water vapor mixing ratio calibration factor for a Raman lidar system

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4622-4632

  Venable, Demetrius D ^a   Whiteman, David N ^b   Calhoun, Monique N ^a   Dirisu, Afusat O ^b   Connell, Rasheen M ^a   Landulfo, Eduardo ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT SOURCES; MIXING; TELESCOPES; VIBRATION ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

CALIBRATION FACTORS; DIFFERENTIAL SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRANSMISSION FILTERS; VIBRATION ROTATIONS; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 80051594610     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.004622     Document Type: Article

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