Journal article
The Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar (ACEPOL) airborne field campaign
Earth system science data, Vol.12(3), pp.2183-2208
09/14/2020
DOI: 10.5194/essd-12-2183-2020
Abstract
In the fall of 2017, an airborne field campaign was conducted from the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California, to advance the remote sensing of aerosols and clouds with multi-angle polarimeters (MAP) and lidars. The Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar (ACEPOL) campaign was jointly sponsored by NASA and the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON). Six instruments were deployed on the ER-2 high-altitude aircraft. Four were MAPs: the Airborne Hyper Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP), the Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI), the Airborne Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (SPEX airborne), and the Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP). The remainder were lidars, including the Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) and the High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 (HSRL-2). The southern California base of ACEPOL enabled observation of a wide variety of scene types, including urban, desert, forest, coastal ocean, and agricultural areas, with clear, cloudy, polluted, and pristine atmospheric conditions. Flights were performed in coordination with satellite overpasses and ground-based observations, including the Ground-based Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (GroundMSPI), sun photometers, and a surface reflectance spectrometer.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar (ACEPOL) airborne field campaign
- Creators
- Kirk Knobelspiesse - Goddard Space Flight CenterHenrique M. J. Barbosa - Universidade de São PauloChristine Bradley - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCarol Bruegge - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryBrian Cairns - Goddard Institute for Space StudiesGao Chen - Langley Research CenterJacek Chowdhary - Columbia UniversityAnthony Cook - Langley Research CenterAntonio Di Noia - University of LeicesterBastiaan van Diedenhoven - Columbia UniversityDavid J. Diner - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRichard Ferrare - Langley Research CenterGuangliang Fu - Space Research Organisation NetherlandsMeng Gao - Science Systems and Applications (United States)Michael Garay - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJohnathan Hair - Langley Research CenterDavid Harper - Langley Research CenterGerard van Harten - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryOtto Hasekamp - University of LeicesterMark Helmlinger - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryChris Hostetler - Langley Research CenterOlga Kalashnikova - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryAndrew Kupchock - Science Systems and Applications (United States)Karla Longo De Freitas - Universities Space Research AssociationHal Maring - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationJ. Vanderlei Martins - University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBrent McBride - Science Systems and Applications (United States)Matthew McGill - Goddard Space Flight CenterKen Norlin - Armstrong Flight Research CenterAnin Puthukkudy - University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBrian Rheingans - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJeroen Rietjens - SRON Netherlands Inst. Sp. ResFelix C. Seidel - National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationArlindo da Silva - Goddard Space Flight CenterMartijn Smit - Space Research Organisation NetherlandsSnorre Stamnes - Langley Research CenterQian Tan - Bay Area Environmental Research InstituteSebastian Val - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryAndrzej Wasilewski - Goddard Institute for Space StudiesFeng Xu - University of OklahomaXiaoguang Xu - University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyJohn Yorks - Goddard Space Flight Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Earth system science data, Vol.12(3), pp.2183-2208
- DOI
- 10.5194/essd-12-2183-2020
- ISSN
- 1866-3508
- eISSN
- 1866-3516
- Publisher
- Copernicus Publications
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/501100003001, name: Netherlands Space Office, award: SPEX instrument development; DOI: 10.13039/100000104, name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, award: CALIPSO mission, ACE mission study
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/14/2020
- Description audience
- PUBLIC
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Technology Institute; Physics and Astronomy; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984276452002771
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