AEROSOL classification retrieval algorithms for EarthCARE/ATLID, CALIPSO/CALIOP, and ground-based lidars

Author

Sugimoto, Nobuo ; Nishizawa, Tomoaki ; Shimizu, Atsushi ; Okamoto, Hajime

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for Environ. Studies, Tsukuba, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

4111

Lastpage

4114

Abstract

Retrieving distributions of aerosol components from lidar measurements is useful for studying aerosol phenomena and the effects of aerosols on climate change and global and regional environment. It is especially useful for validating chemical transport models. In this paper, we describe aerosol component retrieval methods for ground-based lidars, and space-borne lidars CALIOP/CALIOP and EarthCARE/ATLID.

Keywords

aerosols; air pollution measurement; atmospheric techniques; environmental science computing; geophysical signal processing; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; signal classification; CALIPSO-CALIOP; EarthCARE-ATLID; aerosol classification retrieval algorithms; aerosol climatological effects; aerosol component retrieval methods; aerosol components; aerosol phenomena; chemical transport models; climate change; global environment; ground based lidars; lidar measurements; regional environment; space borne lidars; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Classification algorithms; Extinction coefficients; Laser radar; Optical variables measurement; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050137

Filename

6050137