Airborne LIDAR Measurements of Water Vapor, Ozone, Clouds, and Aerosols in the Tropics Near Central America During the TC4 Experiment
Airborne LIDAR Measurements of Water Vapor, Ozone, Clouds, and Aerosols in the Tropics Near Central America During the TC4 Experiment
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TC4 实验期间中美洲附近热带地区的机载激光雷达测量水蒸气、臭氧、云和气溶胶
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2008
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S. Simpson
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S. Kooi;M. Fenn;S. Ismail;R. Ferrare;J. Hair;E. Browell;A. Notari;C. Butler;S. Burton;S. Simpson
作为 2007 年夏季中南美洲及邻近海洋热带成分、云和气候耦合实验 (TC4) 的一部分，NASA DC-8 飞机上的两个 NASA 兰利激光雷达系统测量了整个对流层中臭氧、水蒸气、气溶胶和云的大规模分布。 亚可见卷云、边界层气溶胶、撒哈拉尘埃、火山排放以及城市和生物质燃烧羽流。本文介绍了该活动的初步结果，并论证了两个激光雷达系统协调测量的价值。
Large scale distributions of ozone, water vapor, aerosols, and clouds were measured throughout the troposphere by two NASA Langley lidar systems on board the NASA DC-8 aircraft as part of the Tropical Composition, Cloud, and Climate Coupling Experiment (TC4) over Central and South America and adjacent oceans in the summer of 2007. Special emphasis was placed on the sampling of convective outflow and transport, sub-visible cirrus clouds, boundary layer aerosols, Saharan dust, volcanic emissions, and urban and biomass burning plumes. This paper presents preliminary results from this campaign, and demonstrates the value of coordinated measurements by the two lidar systems.