TOLNET OZONE LIDAR INTERCOMPARISON DURING THE DISCOVER-AQ AND FRAPPE CAMPAIGNS

Michael J. Newchurch; Raul J. Alvarez; Timothy A. Berkoff; William Carrion; Russell J. DeYoung; Rene Ganoe; Guillaume Gronoff; Guillaume Kirgis; Shi Kuang; Andy O. Langford; Thierry Leblanc; Thomas J. McGee; Denis Pliutau; Christoph Senff; John T. Sullivan; Grant Sumnicht; Laurence W. Twigg; Lihua Wang

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TOLNET OZONE LIDAR INTERCOMPARISON DURING THE DISCOVER-AQ AND FRAPPE CAMPAIGNS

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TOLNET OZONE LIDAR INTERCOMPARISON DURING THE DISCOVER-AQ AND FRAPPE CAMPAIGNS

Michael J. Newchurch, Raul J. Alvarez, Timothy A. Berkoff, William Carrion, Russell J. DeYoung, Rene Ganoe, Guillaume Gronoff, Guillaume Kirgis, Shi Kuang, Andy O. Langford, …

28TH INTERNATIONAL LASER RADAR CONFERENCE (ILRC 28), Vol.176, p.10007

EPJ Web of Conferences

01/01/2018

DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201817610007

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Abstract

The Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet) is a unique network of lidar systems that measure atmospheric profiles of ozone and aerosols, to contribute to air-quality studies, atmospheric modeling, and satellite validation efforts. The accurate characterization of these lidars is of critical interest, and is necessary to determine cross-instrument calibration uniformity. From July to August 2014, three lidars, the TROPospheric OZone (TROPOZ) lidar, the Tunable Optical Profiler for Aerosol and oZone (TOPAZ) lidar, and the Langley Mobile Ozone Lidar (LMOL), of TOLNet participated in the "Deriving Information on Surface conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality" (DISCOVER-AQ) mission and the "Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Experiment" (FRAPPE) to measure sub-hourly ozone variations from near the surface to the top of the troposphere. Although large differences occur at few individual altitudes in the near field and far field range, the TOLNet lidars agree with each other within 4%. These results indicate excellent measurement accuracy for the TOLNet lidars that is suitable for use in air-quality and ozone modeling efforts.

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Title: Subtitle: TOLNET OZONE LIDAR INTERCOMPARISON DURING THE DISCOVER-AQ AND FRAPPE CAMPAIGNS
Creators: Michael J. Newchurch - University of Alabama in Huntsville
Raul J. Alvarez - NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Timothy A. Berkoff - Langley Research Center
William Carrion - Coherent
Russell J. DeYoung - Langley Research Center
Rene Ganoe - Science Systems and Applications
Guillaume Gronoff - Langley Research Center
Guillaume Kirgis - NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Shi Kuang - University of Alabama in Huntsville
Andy O. Langford - NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
Thierry Leblanc - California Institute of Technology
Thomas J. McGee - Goddard Space Flight Center
Denis Pliutau - Science Systems and Applications
Christoph Senff - NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
John T. Sullivan - Goddard Space Flight Center
Grant Sumnicht - Science Systems and Applications
Laurence W. Twigg - Science Systems and Applications
Lihua Wang - University of Alabama in Huntsville
Contributors: D Nicolae (Editor)
A Makoto (Editor)
A Vassilis (Editor)
D Balis (Editor)
A Behrendt (Editor)
A Comeron (Editor)
F Gibert (Editor)
E Landulfo (Editor)
M P McCormick (Editor)
C Senff (Editor) - NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
I Veselovskii (Editor)
U Wandinger (Editor)
Resource Type: Conference proceeding
Publication Details: 28TH INTERNATIONAL LASER RADAR CONFERENCE (ILRC 28), Vol.176, p.10007
Publisher: E D P Sciences
Series: EPJ Web of Conferences
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201817610007
ISSN: 2100-014X
eISSN: 2100-014X
Number of pages: 4
Grant note: TOLNet program
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2018
Academic Unit: Iowa Technology Institute
Record Identifier: 9984721114802771

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