Comparison of aerosol vertical profiles derived by passive and active remote sensing techniques - A case study

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 39, 2004, Pages 6679-6685

  Padma Kumari, B ^a   Londhe, A L ^a   Trimbake, H K ^a   Jadhav, D B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cirrus cloud; Lidar; Stratospheric aerosol layer; Twilight photometer

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS CLOUDS; RADAR FACILITY;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOMETERS; RADAR;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CIRRUS; LIDAR; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DUST; GEOMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 8444249742     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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