Lidar multiple scattering factors inferred from CALIPSO lidar and IIR retrievals of semi-transparent cirrus cloud optical depths over oceans

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2759-2774

  Garnier, A ^a   Pelon, J ^b   Vaughan, M A ^c   Winker, D M ^c   Trepte, C R ^c   Dubuisson, P ^d  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ALTITUDE; CALIOP; CALIPSO; CIRRUS; LIDAR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84955321265     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-2759-2015     Document Type: Article

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