Backscattered signal level and SNR validation methodology for tropospheric elastic lidars

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4707-4710

  Lange, Diego ^a   Kumar, Dhiraj ^a   Rocadenbosch, Francesc ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

backscatter lidar; data gluing; elastic lidar equation; photon counting; signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER LIDAR; BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; DESIGN STAGE; ELASTIC LIDARS; EMISSION ENERGIES; OPTICAL POWER; PHOTON COUNTING; RAYLEIGH; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR); VALIDATION METHODOLOGIES; VOLTAGE RESPONSIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BUDGET CONTROL; GEOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTONS; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84873120416     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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