Using airborne high spectral resolution lidar data to evaluate combined active plus passive retrievals of aerosol extinction profiles

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Burton, S P ^a   Ferrare, R A ^b   Hostetler, C A ^b   Hair, J W ^b   Kittaka, C ^a   Vaughan, M A ^b   Obland, M D ^b   Rogers, R R ^b   Cook, A L ^b   Harper, D B ^b   Remer, L A ^c  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT EXTINCTION; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL TYPES; AQUA MODIS; BACKSCATTER DATA; BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; DATA SETS; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION LIDARS; LIDAR RATIO; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER; OVER WATER; SPACE-BASED; TERRA-MODIS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; DATA SET; LIDAR; MODIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 77949427117     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012130     Document Type: Article

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