Evaluation of an aureole lidar technique for estimating extinction profiles using aerosol spectrometer measurements

Douglas R. Jensen

doi:10.1117/12.138844

22 December 1992 Evaluation of an aureole lidar technique for estimating extinction profiles using aerosol spectrometer measurements

Douglas R. Jensen

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Proceedings Volume 1749, Optics of the Air-Sea Interface: Theory and Measurement; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138844
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An aureole lidar technique for estimating extinction profiles has been developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC. This technique has been evaluated by making nearly simultaneous measurements of atmospheric extinction utilizing the NRL airborne Aureole Lidar Platform and the Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC), the RDT&E Division, Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. aerosol spectrometers. Profiles of measured aerosol-size distributions were used to calculate extinction coefficients and were compared with the aureole lidar estimations. Aureole lidar estimated extinction coefficient profiles are similar in structure to the PMS measured profiles and agreed well in extinction magnitude. When the near surface aircraft aerosol measurements are averaged over a longer time, excellent agreement exists between the aureole lidar and the PMS measured values.

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Douglas R. Jensen "Evaluation of an aureole lidar technique for estimating extinction profiles using aerosol spectrometer measurements", Proc. SPIE 1749, Optics of the Air-Sea Interface: Theory and Measurement, (22 December 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138844

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