Cirrus and aerosol lidar profilometer - analysis and results

• 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

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.