Cirrus and aerosol lidar profilometer - analysis and results

A cloud and aerosol lidar set from over a year of near continuous operation of a micro pulse lidar (MPL) instrument at the Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) site has been established. MPL instruments are to be included in the Ames Research Center (ARC) instrument compliments for the SW Pacific and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Spinhirne, J.D., Scott, V.S., Reagan, J.A., Galbraith, A.
Language:unknown
Published: 2018
Subjects:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLOUDS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
DATA ACQUISITION
AEROSOLS
ALGORITHMS
HEIGHT
THICKNESS
OPTICAL RADAR
SOLAR RADIATION
IMAGES
Arctic
Pacific
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/263556
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/263556
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Summary:A cloud and aerosol lidar set from over a year of near continuous operation of a micro pulse lidar (MPL) instrument at the Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) site has been established. MPL instruments are to be included in the Ames Research Center (ARC) instrument compliments for the SW Pacific and Arctic ARM sites. Operational processing algorithms are in development for the data sets. The derived products are to be cloud presence and classification, base height, cirrus thickness, cirrus optical thickness, cirrus extinction profile, aerosol optical thickness and profile, and planetary boundary layer (PBL) height. A cloud presence and base height algorithm is in use, and a data set from the CART site is available. The scientific basis for the algorithm development of the higher level data products and plans for implementation are discussed.

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