LITE aerosol retrievals

Author

Reagan, J.A. ; Liu, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1749

Abstract

The Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) shuttle mission demonstrated that spaceborne lidar offers an effective means for detecting the spatial features of significant regional aerosol concentrations resulting, for example, from Saharan dust, African and South American biomass burning and anthropogenic sources. To obtain quantitative estimates from the LITE data of radiatively important aerosol optical properties such as optical depths and extinction profiles requires supplemental information about the aerosols, supplied either by modeling or from auxiliary measurements. This paper outlines techniques for retrieving these aerosol optical parameters, and presents example retrievals obtained from the LITE observations

Keywords

aerosols; air pollution measurement; atmospheric composition; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; meteorology; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; LITE; Lidar In-space Technology Experiment; Saharan dust; aerosol; aerosol retrieval; air pollution; atmosphere; biomass burning; laser method; lidar; measurement technique; meteorology; optical parameters; regional aerosol concentration; satellite remote sensing; smoke; spaceborne lidar; Aerosols; Backscatter; Biomass; Biomedical optical imaging; Computer vision; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser radar; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.609056

Filename

609056