CALIPSO polar stratospheric cloud observations: second-generation detection algorithm and composition discrimination

This paper focuses on polar stratospheric cloud (PSC) measurements by the CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization) lidar system onboard the CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) spacecraft, which has been operating since June 2006. We describe...

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Main Authors: M. C. Pitts, L. R. Poole, L. W. Thomason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-10-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/7577/2009/acp-9-7577-2009.pdf