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
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