Geometric and optical properties of cirrus clouds inferred from three-year ground-based lidar and CALIOP measurements over Seoul, Korea

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-35

  Kim, Yumi ^a   Kim, Sang Woo ^a   Kim, Man Hae ^a   Yoon, Soon Chang ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CALIOP; Cirrus clouds; Cirrus optical depth; Lidar; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

CALIOP; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; GROUND-BASED LIDARS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SIGNAL ATTENUATION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CLOUDS;

CALIPSO; CIRRUS; LIDAR; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

GADIDAE;

EID: 84893008718     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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