Extinction in tropical ice clouds from lidar, Nephelometer
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Extinction coefficients retrieved in deep tropical ice clouds from lidar observations using a CALIPSO-like algorithm compared to in-situ measurements from the Cloud Integrated Nephelometer during CRYSTAL-FACE V. Noel, D. M. Winker, T. J. Garrett, and M. McGill Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Palaiseau, France NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, ML, USA Received: 10 February 2006 – Accepted: 26 April 2006 – Published: 19 October 2006 Correspondence to: V. Noel ([email protected])
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