Improving Calipso Lidar Retrievals of Surface Level Backscatter as a Proxy for Pm2.5 Using Modis Path Reflectance Constraints
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In this paper, we explore the potential for improving CALIPSO backscatter profiles through constraints imposed by MODIS derived path reflectances. This is done by processing the 2 channel lidar signals using a wide range of aeronet derived atmosphere models to determine both backscatter and mixing ratio and determining the set of models that satisfy all the MODIS path reflectance constraints.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006