Journal article
Cloud physics lidar: instrument description and initial measurement results
Applied optics (2004), Vol.41(18), pp.3725-3734
06/20/2002
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.003725
PMID: 12078699
Abstract
The new Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) has been built for use on the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft. The purpose of the CPL is to provide multiwavelength measurements of cirrus, subvisual cirrus, and aerosols with high temporal and spatial resolution. The CPL utilizes state-of-the-art technology with a high repetition rate, a low-pulse-energy laser, and photon-counting detection. The first deployment for the CPL was the Southern African Regional Science Initiative's 2000 field campaign during August and September 2000. We provide here an overview of the instrument and initial data results to illustrate the measurement capability of the CPL.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cloud physics lidar: instrument description and initial measurement results
- Creators
- Matthew McGill - Goddard Space Flight CenterDennis Hlavka - Goddard Space Flight CenterWilliam Hart - Goddard Space Flight CenterV Stanley Scott - Goddard Space Flight CenterJames Spinhirne - Goddard Space Flight CenterBeat Schmid - Goddard Space Flight Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Applied optics (2004), Vol.41(18), pp.3725-3734
- DOI
- 10.1364/AO.41.003725
- PMID
- 12078699
- NLM abbreviation
- Appl Opt
- ISSN
- 1559-128X
- eISSN
- 2155-3165
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/20/2002
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984277262302771
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