The Determination of the Aerosol Microphysical Characteristics in the Lower Part of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer from Lidar Data and Accompanying Measurements

Abstract

Successful inversions of nephelometer data into the aerosol particle size distributions by the method of mean ordinates [1] encouraged us to apply this method to the data on the oceanic volume scattering function (VSF) obtained during LEO-15 Experiment. The objective of this work is to study the potentials of the method of mean ordinates to invert VSF into the particle size distributions (PSD) of oceanic hydrosol in coastal zones (zones of intense scattering). The inversion of VSF by the method of mean ordinates was applied both to numerical experiments and to VSF data obtained during LEO-15 Experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 21, 2005
Accession Number
ADA437957

Entities

People

  • Ilia G. Zolotov

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Distribution Curves
  • Distribution Functions
  • Errors
  • Experimental Data
  • Inverse Problems
  • Inversion
  • Light Scattering
  • Measurement
  • Nephelometers
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Statistical Sampling

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Solar Physics