Evaluating nighttime CALIOP 0.532 μm aerosol optical depth and extinction coefficient retrievals

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2143-2160

  Campbell, J R ^a   Tackett, J L ^b   Reid, J S ^a   Zhang, J ^c   Curtis, C A ^a   Hyer, E J ^a   Sessions, W R ^a   Westphal, D L ^a   Prospero, J M ^d   Welton, E J ^e   Omar, A H ^b   Vaughan, M A ^b   Winker, D M ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LIDAR; MISR; MODIS; NOISE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIOMETER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84873249193     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-2143-2012     Document Type: Article

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