Airborne lidar measurements of ozone, water vapor, and aerosols in large-scale atmospheric studies

Author

Browell, Edward V.

Author_Institution

Atmos. Sci. Div., NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

865

Abstract

The NASA Langley Research Center´s airborne DIfferential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) systems have been used to study large-scale atmospheric distributions of ozone, water vapor, and aerosols in 12 international field experiments over the last 13 years. This paper describes the authors´ airborne DIAL systems and discusses recent measurements of ozone and aerosol distributions in the summertime troposphere over the western Pacific and in the wintertime Arctic stratosphere. Airborne DIAL measurements of tropospheric water vapor and aerosol distributions during the daytime and nighttime are also discussed

Keywords

aerosols; atmospheric composition; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; optical radar; ozone; remote sensing; remote sensing by laser beam; Arctic stratosphere; DIAL; DIfferential Absorption Lidar; H₂O; O₃; Pacific; aerosol; airborne lidar; atmosphere; chemical composition; humidity; large-scale; laser method; measurement technique; optical remote sensing; ozone; summer; troposphere; water vapor; winter; Aerosols; Arctic; Atmospheric measurements; Frequency; Large-scale systems; Laser beams; Laser radar; NASA; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322200

Filename

322200