CSIR South Africa mobile LIDAR - first scientific results : comparison with satellite, sun photometer and model simulations

We present the first scientific results from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-National Laser Centre (CSIR-NLC) mobile LIght Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) and its validation and comparison with other ground-based and space-borne measurements. The LIDAR results are compared with aero...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sivakumar, Venkataraman, Tesfaye, M., Alemu, W., Moema, D., Sharma, Ameeth, Bollig, C., Mengistu, G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2009
Subjects:
LIDAR measurements
Optical depth
Relative humidity
Aerosols
Optical radiometry > South Africa
South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Hygrometry
Scientific surveys > South Africa
Aerosol Robotic Network
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12724
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Summary:We present the first scientific results from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-National Laser Centre (CSIR-NLC) mobile LIght Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) and its validation and comparison with other ground-based and space-borne measurements. The LIDAR results are compared with aerosol extinction measurements from the Stratosphere Aerosol Gas Experiment (SAGE) II, optical depth derived from sun photometers employed under the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) and backscatter coefficients simulated from weather balloon humidity measurements.

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