Journal article
Ground-based lidar for atmospheric boundary layer ozone measurements
Applied optics (2004), Vol.52(15), pp.3557-3566
05/20/2013
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.003557
PMID: 23736241
Abstract
Ground-based lidars are suitable for long-term ozone monitoring as a complement to satellite and ozonesonde measurements. However, current ground-based lidars are unable to consistently measure ozone below 500 m above ground level (AGL) due to both engineering issues and high retrieval sensitivity to various measurement errors. In this paper, we present our instrument design, retrieval techniques, and preliminary results that focus on the high-temporal profiling of ozone within the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) achieved by the addition of an inexpensive and compact mini-receiver to the previous system. For the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the lowest, consistently achievable observation height has been extended down to 125 m AGL for a ground-based ozone lidar system. Both the analysis and preliminary measurements demonstrate that this lidar measures ozone with a precision generally better than +/- 10% at a temporal resolution of 10 min and a vertical resolution from 150 m at the bottom of the ABL to 550 m at the top. A measurement example from summertime shows that inhomogeneous ozone aloft was affected by both surface emissions and the evolution of ABL structures. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Ground-based lidar for atmospheric boundary layer ozone measurements
- Creators
- Shi Kuang - University of Alabama in HuntsvilleMichael J. Newchurch - University of Alabama in HuntsvilleJohn Burris - Goddard Space Flight CenterXiong Liu - Harvard University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Applied optics (2004), Vol.52(15), pp.3557-3566
- Publisher
- Optical Soc Amer
- DOI
- 10.1364/AO.52.003557
- PMID
- 23736241
- ISSN
- 1559-128X
- eISSN
- 1539-4522
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- NASA's Science Mission Directorate NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/20/2013
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Technology Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984721217902771
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