A generalised background correction algorithm for a Halo Doppler lidar and its application to data from Finland

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 817-827

  Manninen, Antti J ^a   O'Connor, Ewan J ^b,c   Vakkari, Ville ^b   Petäjä, Tuukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; CLOUD; DATA PROCESSING; DOPPLER LIDAR; ERROR CORRECTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84960128122     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-9-817-2016     Document Type: Article

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