The Determination of the Microphysical Characteristics of Aerosols in the Lower Part of the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer from the Structure of the Backscattered Lidar Signal

Abstract

Our long-term goal is to establish reliable relationships between the environmental factors (such as wind, waves, humidity, etc.) and the aerosol optical properties in the lower part of the marine atmospheric boundary layer (LP MABL). Our scientific objective is to learn how to use horizontal lidar measurements over the sea surface for obtaining the aerosol particle size distribution (APSD) in LP MABL. For this purpose we develop a method for inverting the spectral attenuation of atmospheric aerosol determined from lidar data into APSD. In order to investigate spatial-temporal irregularities of the atmospheric aerosol, we intend to analyze experimental lidar data in corroboration with the group of Dr. S. Sharma of the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA542566

Entities

People

  • Ilia G. Zolotov
  • Kusiel S. Shifrin

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Attenuation
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Errors
  • Geophysics
  • Intervals
  • Inversion
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation