Optical properties of aerosols obtained from airborne lidar and several in-situ instruments during RACE

Kevin B. Strawbridge; Shao-Meng Li

doi:10.1117/12.275151

26 May 1997 Optical properties of aerosols obtained from airborne lidar and several in-situ instruments during RACE

Kevin B. Strawbridge, Shao-Meng Li

Proceedings Volume 3104, Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275151
Event: Environmental Sensing III, 1997, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Two aircraft, the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) Convair 580 (CV580) and NRCC DHC-6 Twin Otter, along with the Yarmouth and Digby Ferries, a ground site near Yarmouth and coordination with satellite overpasses (AVHRR and LANDSAT) provided an exceptionally well rounded compliment of observing platforms to meet the project objectives for the radiation, aerosols and cloud experiment (RACE) (refer to http://www.on.doe.ca/armp/RACE/RACE.html for a complete list of instrumentation and investigators involved). The general flight plans involved upwind measurements of a selected target by the CV580 lidar, followed by coincident flights allowing the Twin Otter to perform in-situ measurements while the Convair used a variety of remote sensors from above. The CV580 then descended to perform in-situ measurements including size segregated samples through the use of a micro-orifice uniform deposit impactor (MOUDI). This paper focuses on the airborne lidar results during RACE and in particular introduces two case studies comparing the lidar with a MOUDI impactor and ASASP particle probe using Mie theory.

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Kevin B. Strawbridge and Shao-Meng Li "Optical properties of aerosols obtained from airborne lidar and several in-situ instruments during RACE", Proc. SPIE 3104, Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring, (26 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275151

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