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CO2 lidar backscatter profiles over Hawaii during fall 1988Aerosol and cloud backscatter data, obtained over a 24-day period in fall 1988 with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Doppler lidar at 10.59-micron wavelength, are analyzed by using a new technique to lessen biases that are due to dropouts. Typical backscatter cross sections were significantly lower than those routinely observed over the continental United States, although episodic backscatter enhancements caused by cirrus and mineral dust also occurred. Implications of these data on the proposed Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder wind profiling satellite sensor are discussed.
Document ID
19920067776
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Post, Madison J.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Cupp, Richard E.
(NOAA, Wave Propagation Laboratory, Boulder CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Volume: 31
Issue: 22, A
ISSN: 0003-6935
Subject Category
Lasers And Masers
Accession Number
92A50400
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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