The airborne multi-wavelength water vapor differential absorption lidar WALES: system design and performance

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Applied Physics B

• Publication date

  2009-02-13

• Fields of study

  Physics, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/S00340-009-3365-7
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