Evaluations of cirrus contamination and screening in ground aerosol observations using collocated lidar systems

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Jingfeng ^a,b   Hsu, N Christina ^b   Tsay, Si Chee ^b   Holben, Brent N ^b   Welton, Ellsworth J ^b   Smirnov, Alexander ^b,c   Jeong, Myeong Jae ^d   Hansell, Richard A ^b,e   Berkoff, Timothy A ^b,f   Liu, Zhaoyan ^g   Liu, Gin Rong ^h   Campbell, James R ⁱ   Liew, Soo Chin ^j   Barnes, John E ^k  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^g NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^k NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CONTAMINATION; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AERONET; AEROSOL MEASUREMENT; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL PRODUCT; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; CALIPSO; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLIMATE RESEARCH; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; CORRESPONDING SOLUTIONS; DATA UNCERTAINTY; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; LIDAR SYSTEMS; MICRO-PULSE LIDAR NETWORKS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTICAL THICKNESS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SUBVISUAL; THIN CIRRUS;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; CALIPSO; CIRRUS; DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MODIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865332009     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017757     Document Type: Article

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