Title :
Lidar Network Monitoring of the Regional Atmospheric Environment
Author_Institution :
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan, nsugimot@nies.go.jp
Abstract :
A network of automated two-wavelength Mie-scattering lidars is formed for monitoring the regional atmospheric environment. Movement of Asian dust and air-pollution aerosols is continuously observed. The data are used for validation (and assimilation) of chemical transport models.
Keywords :
Aerosols; Asia; Chemical analysis; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Extinction coefficients; Laser radar; Monitoring; Optical scattering; Polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569712
