• DocumentCode
    576507
  • Title

    Observations of lidar backscatter from snowfall at two sites

  • Author

    Matsuda, K. ; Kubo, Momoji ; Muramoto, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    22-27 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    5923
  • Lastpage
    5926
  • Abstract
    Snow cloud distribution in the lower atmosphere was observed using two optical lidars (ceilometer) set up at the distance of 3.1 km. Visualization was constructed from two time series data measured by each lidar. The instruments additionally included weather station, to measure wind speed and direction, and snowfall gauge, to calculate precipitation rate. Combination of all these instruments with time synchronization and methods will be a potent system for understanding lower atmospheric structure.
  • Keywords
    clouds; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; snow; wind; ceilometer set up; lidar backscatter observations; lower atmosphere; optical lidars; precipitation rate; snow cloud distribution; snowfall gauge; weather station; wind direction; wind speed; Q measurement; dynamic programming matching; lidar; lower atmosphere; snowfall;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1160-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2153-6996
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352260
  • Filename
    6352260