Differential Absorption Lidar to measure subhourly variation of tropospheric ozone profiles

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 1 PART 2, 2011, Pages 557-571

  Kuang, Shi ^a   Burris, John F ^b   Newchurch, M J ^a   Johnson, Steve ^c   Long, Stephanie ^d  

^a National Space Science and Technology Center   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Earth System Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL); lidar; ozone; remote sensing; troposphere

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; CORRECTION PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; DIFFERENTIAL-ABSORPTION LIDAR SYSTEMS; HUNTSVILLE; LIDAR; LIDAR OBSERVATION; LIDAR SYSTEMS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; OZONE SONDES; OZONE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; RETRIEVAL ACCURACY; RETRIEVAL ERRORS; TEMPORAL INTEGRATION; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE PROFILES; UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; BACKSCATTER; LASER; LIDAR; OZONE; OZONESONDE; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALABAMA; HUNTSVILLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650856860     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2054834     Document Type: Article

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