Airborne lidar reflectance measurements

Airborne lidar reflectance measurements at 1.57μm in support of the A-SCOPE mission for atmospheric CO2 A. Amediek, A. Fix, G. Ehret, J. Caron, and Y. Durand Deutsches Zentrum für Luftund Raumfahrt (DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, 82234 Wessling, Germany ESA/ESTEC, Earth Observation Project Department, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands working as a contractor from RHEA System SA Received: 2 June 2009 – Accepted: 16 Jun 2009 – Published: 24 June 2009 Correspondence to: A. Amediek (axel.amediek@dlr.de) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.

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