Articles | Volume 16, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3931-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3931-2023
Research article
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29 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2023

Retrieving 3D distributions of atmospheric particles using Atmospheric Tomography with 3D Radiative Transfer – Part 2: Local optimization

Jesse Loveridge, Aviad Levis, Larry Di Girolamo, Vadim Holodovsky, Linda Forster, Anthony B. Davis, and Yoav Y. Schechner

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