A permanent Raman lidar station in the Amazon: Description, characterization, and first results

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1745-1762

  Barbosa, H M J ^a   Barja, B ^a,b   Pauliquevis, T ^c   Gouveia, D A ^a   Artaxo, P ^a   Cirino, G G ^d   Santos, R M N ^e   Oliveira, A B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Meteorologia de la Republica de Cuba   (Cuba)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; CIRRUS; DATA ACQUISITION; LIDAR; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; WATER VAPOR;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84902658461     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-1745-2014     Document Type: Article

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