The CALIPSO automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1994-2014

  Omar, Ali H ^a   Winker, David M ^a   Kittaka, Chieko ^b   Vaughan, Mark A ^a   Liu, Zhaoyan ^c   Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Trepte, Charles R ^a   Rogers, Raymond R ^b   Ferrare, Richard A ^a   Lee, Kam Pui ^a   Kuehn, Ralph E ^b   Hostetler, Chris A ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; AEROSOL PRODUCT; AEROSOL TYPES; CALIPSO; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; COLOR RATIOS; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; EXTINCTION-TO-BACKSCATTER RATIO; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LEVEL 2; LIDAR RATIO; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICALLY THICK LAYERS; OVER WATER; SELECTION ALGORITHM; SELECTION CRITERIA; SELECTION SCHEME; SPATIAL CONTEXT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; DUST; OPTICAL RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; AUTOMATION; CLOUD; COLOR; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 70349158063     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1231.1     Document Type: Article

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