Study of MPLNET-derived aerosol climatology over Kanpur, India, and validation of CALIPSO level 2 version 3 backscatter and extinction products

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1285-1294

  Misra, Amit ^a   Tripathi, S N ^a   Kaul, D S ^a   Welton, Ellsworth J ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 LEVELS; AERONET DATA; AEROSOL PROFILES; AEROSOL TYPES; BACKSCATTER PROFILES; CALIPSO; CLOUD CONTAMINATION; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; EXTINCTION PROFILES; EXTINCTION VALUES; KANPUR , INDIA; LEVEL 2; TIME-DIFFERENCES;

BACKSCATTERING; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CALIPSO; CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; LIDAR;

INDIA; KANPUR; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84868266379     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00162.1     Document Type: Article

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