DocumentCode :
2868869
Title :
Airborne lidar and satellite comparison of atmospheric aerosols
Author :
De Young, Russell J. ; Severance, Kurt ; Szykman, James ; Chu, D. Allen
Author_Institution :
Sci. Directorate, NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA
fYear :
2006
fDate :
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
2
Abstract :
An airborne aerosol lidar was flown over the CA. Central Valley to obtain aerosol profiles that were compared to Aqua satellite optical depth measurements. Such measurements provide both high vertical resolution and large spatial coverage.
Keywords :
aerosols; airborne radar; atmospheric techniques; optical radar; Aqua satellite optical depth measurements; Central Valley; airborne aerosol lidar; atmospheric aerosols; satellite comparison; Aerosols; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser radar; MODIS; NASA; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Satellites; Sea measurements; Spatial resolution; (010.3640) Lidar; (280.1100) Aerosol detection;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628088
Filename :
4628088
Link To Document :
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