EARLINET Single Calculus Chain-overview on methodology and strategy

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4891-4916

  D'Amico, G ^a   Amodeo, A ^a   Baars, H ^b   Binietoglou, I ^a,c   Freudenthaler, V ^d   Mattis, I ^b,e   Wandinger, U ^b   Pappalardo, G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; DATA PROCESSING; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LIDAR; METHODOLOGY; SOFTWARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84948140609     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-4891-2015     Document Type: Review

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