Aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio by lidar and MODIS
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A study on aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio with combination of micro-pulse lidar and MODIS over Hong Kong Q. S. He, C. C. Li, J. T. Mao, and A. K. H. Lau Department of Atmospheric Science, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China The Institute for the Environment, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China Received: 29 November 2005 – Accepted: 1 February 2006 – Published: 18 April 2006 Correspondence to: C. C. Li ([email protected])
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تاریخ انتشار 2005