Benefit of depolarization ratio at = 1064 nm for the retrieval of the aerosol microphysics from lidar measurements

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3773-3781

  Gasteiger, J ^a   Freudenthaler, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIDAR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLARIZATION; VOLCANIC ASH;

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EID: 84910656460     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-3773-2014     Document Type: Article

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