TY - JOUR
T1 - AERONET, airborne HSRL, and CALIPSO aerosol retrievals compared and combined
T2 - A case study
AU - McPherson, Christopher J.
AU - Reagan, John A.
AU - Schafer, Joel
AU - Giles, David
AU - Ferrare, Rich
AU - Hair, John
AU - Hostetler, Chris
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - On 4 August 2007 a unique opportunity for the intercomparison of aerosol retrievals occurred as part of the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) and Twilight Zone (CATZ) campaign in the Washington, D. C., urban complex. During the course of the experiment, several Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Cimel Sun photometers were deployed along the CALIPSO track, together with NASA Langley Research Center's airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) instrument flying overhead. A series of daytime coincident measurements was made by the various instruments, permitting a number of important opportunities for the intercomparison of the various instrumental measurements of aerosols as well as evaluation of the Constrained Ratio Aerosol Model-fit (CRAM) technique for aerosol retrievals from elastic backscatter lidar. The results from the intercomparison are discussed as an illustrative case study in sensor combination and aerosol retrieval methodology.
AB - On 4 August 2007 a unique opportunity for the intercomparison of aerosol retrievals occurred as part of the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) and Twilight Zone (CATZ) campaign in the Washington, D. C., urban complex. During the course of the experiment, several Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Cimel Sun photometers were deployed along the CALIPSO track, together with NASA Langley Research Center's airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) instrument flying overhead. A series of daytime coincident measurements was made by the various instruments, permitting a number of important opportunities for the intercomparison of the various instrumental measurements of aerosols as well as evaluation of the Constrained Ratio Aerosol Model-fit (CRAM) technique for aerosol retrievals from elastic backscatter lidar. The results from the intercomparison are discussed as an illustrative case study in sensor combination and aerosol retrieval methodology.
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U2 - 10.1029/2009JD012389
DO - 10.1029/2009JD012389
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78650920691
SN - 2169-897X
VL - 115
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
IS - 4
M1 - D00H21
ER -