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Comparison fo CO2 Lidar Backscatter with Particle Size Distribution and GOES-7 Data in Hurricane JulietteTwo NASA/MSFC continuous wave (CW) focused Doppler lidars obtained in-situ high resolution calibrated backscatter measurements in the upper levels of Hurricane Juliette as part of the 1995 NASA/Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor (MACAWS) mission on board NASA's DC8 aircraft. These were also intercompared with in-situ cloud particle size distributions obtained from NASA/Ames Research Center's forward scattering spectrometer probe (FSSP), the DC8 aircraft infrared (IR) surface temperature radiometer data, and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-7) 11 micrometer IR emission images with their corresponding estimates of cloud top temperature and height. Two traverses of Hurricane Juliette's eye were made off the west coast of Mexico at altitude approx. 11.7 km on 21 September 1995. During this DC8 flight, late stages of eyewall decay-replacement cycles were observed, giving the appearance of an annular eye with clouds in the central region.
Document ID
20000012990
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jarzembski, Maurice A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Srivastava, Vandana
(Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, AL United States)
McCaul, Eugene W., Jr.
(Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, AL United States)
Jedlovec, Gary J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Atkinson, Robert J.
(Lockheed Martin Corp. Huntsville, AL United States)
Pueschel, Rudy F.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Cutten, Dean R.
(Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1999
Publication Information
Publication: Tenth Biennial Coherent Laser Radar Technology and Applications Conference
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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