Articles | Volume 3, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1763-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1763-2010
Research article
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20 Dec 2010
Research article |  | 20 Dec 2010

Ceilometer lidar comparison: backscatter coefficient retrieval and signal-to-noise ratio determination

B. Heese, H. Flentje, D. Althausen, A. Ansmann, and S. Frey

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