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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-10-01
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Series: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
Online Access: | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/7577/2009/acp-9-7577-2009.pdf |