Airborne lidar measurements of aerosol optical properties during SAFARI‐2000 | Zendy

McGill Matthew J. | Zendy; Hlavka Dennis L. | Zendy; Hart William D. | Zendy; Welton Ellsworth J. | Zendy; Campbell James R. | Zendy

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Airborne lidar measurements of aerosol optical properties during SAFARI‐2000

Author(s) -

McGill Matthew J.,

Hlavka Dennis L.,

Hart William D.,

Welton Ellsworth J.,

Campbell James R.

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

journal of geophysical research: atmospheres

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67

H-Index - 298

eISSN - 2156-2202

pISSN - 0148-0227

DOI - 10.1029/2002jd002370

Subject(s) - aerosol , lidar , environmental science , remote sensing , optical depth , extinction (optical mineralogy) , altitude (triangle) , planetary boundary layer , meteorology , atmospheric optics , atmospheric sciences , geology , optics , physics , turbulence , geometry , mathematics

The Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) operated onboard the NASA ER‐2 high‐altitude aircraft during the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI)‐2000 field campaign. The CPL provided high spatial resolution estimates of aerosol optical properties at both 1064 and 532 nm. We present here results of planetary boundary layer (PBL) aerosol optical depth analysis and profiles of aerosol extinction. Variation of optical depth and extinction are examined as a function of regional location. The wide‐scale aerosol mapping obtained by the CPL is a unique data set that will aid in future studies of aerosol transport. Comparisons between the airborne CPL and ground‐based Micro‐Pulse Lidar Network (MPL‐Net) sites are shown to have good agreement.

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