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Orbiting lidar simulations. I - Aerosol and cloud measurements by an independent-wavelength techniqueAerosol and cloud measurements have been simulated for a Space Shuttle lidar. Expected errors - in signal, transmission, density, and calibration - are calculated algebraically and checked by simulating measurements and retrievals using random-number generators. By day, vertical structure is retrieved for tenuous clouds, Saharan aerosols, and boundary layer aerosols (at 0.53 and 1.06 micron) as well as strong volcanic stratospheric aerosols (at 0.53 micron). By night, all these constituents are retrieved plus upper tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols (at 1.06 micron), mesospheric aerosols (at 0.53 micron), and noctilucent clouds (at 1.06 and 0.53 micron). The vertical resolution was 0.1-0.5 km in the troposphere, 0.5-2.0 km above, except 0.25-1.0 km in the mesospheric cloud and aerosol layers; horizontal resolution was 100-2000 km.
Document ID
19820049383
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Russell, P. B.
(SRI International Corp. Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Morley, B. M.
(SRI International Corp. Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Livingston, J. M.
(SRI International Atmospheric Science Center Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Grams, G. W.
(SRI International Corp. Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Patterson, E. M.
(Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Volume: 21
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
82A32918
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-16052
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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