Stratospheric aerosol—Observations, processes, and impact on climate

S Kremser, LW Thomason, M von Hobe… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in stratospheric aerosol and its role in climate have increased over the last decade
due to the observed increase in stratospheric aerosol since 2000 and the potential for …

An overview of LITE: NASA's lidar in-space technology experiment

DM Winker, RH Couch… - Proceedings of the …, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) is a three-wavelength backscatter lidar
developed by NASA Langley Research Center to fly on the Space Shuttle. LITE flew on …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of the CALIPSO mission and CALIOP data processing algorithms

DM Winker, MA Vaughan, A Omar, Y Hu… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) is a two-
wavelength polarization lidar that performs global profiling of aerosols and clouds in the …

Independent measurement of extinction and backscatter profiles in cirrus clouds by using a combined Raman elastic-backscatter lidar

A Ansmann, U Wandinger, M Riebesell, C Weitkamp… - Applied …, 1992 - opg.optica.org
Height profiles of the extinction and the backscatter coefficients in cirrus clouds are
determined independently from elastic-and inelastic-(Raman) backscatter signals. An …

Airborne high spectral resolution lidar for profiling aerosol optical properties

JW Hair, CA Hostetler, AL Cook, DB Harper… - Applied …, 2008 - opg.optica.org
A compact, highly robust airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) that provides
measurements of aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients and aerosol depolarization …

Raman lidar system for the measurement of water vapor and aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere

DN Whiteman, SH Melfi, RA Ferrare - Applied optics, 1992 - opg.optica.org
A nighttime operating Raman lidar system that is designed for the measurement of high
vertical and temporal resolution profiles of the water vapor mixing ratio and the aerosol …

High spectral resolution lidar to measure optical scattering properties of atmospheric aerosols. 1: Theory and instrumentation

ST Shipley, DH Tracy, EW Eloranta, JT Trauger… - Applied …, 1983 - opg.optica.org
A high spectral resolution lidar technique to measure optical scattering properties of
atmospheric aerosols is described. Light backscattered by the atmosphere from a …

High spectral resolution lidar system with atomic blocking filters for measuring atmospheric parameters

H Shimizu, SA Lee, CY She - Applied optics, 1983 - opg.optica.org
A new lidar technique for measuring the profiles of backscatter ratio, atmospheric visibility,
and atmospheric temperature is proposed. Based on the theory of high resolution …

Lidar-Radiometer Inversion Code (LIRIC) for the retrieval of vertical aerosol properties from combined lidar/radiometer data: development and distribution in …

A Chaikovsky, O Dubovik, B Holben… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - amt.copernicus.org
This paper presents a detailed description of LIRIC (LIdar-Radiometer Inversion Code)
algorithm for simultaneous processing of coincident lidar and radiometric (sun photometric) …

Light scattering characteristics of various aerosol types derived from multiple wavelength lidar observations

Y Sasano, EV Browell - Applied optics, 1989 - opg.optica.org
The present study demonstrates the potential of a multiple wavelength lidar for
discriminating between several aerosol types such as maritime, continental, stratospheric …