Abstract
A high-power, differential absorption lidar system for measuring stratospheric (20 - 50 km) ozone concentration profiles, has been in operation at the JPL Table Mountain Observatory since January 1988. Validation of the results obtained from this system has been provided through extensive inter-comparison (STOIC’89) carried out in July/August 1989. Many instruments were involved in this campaign, including the GSFC mobile DIAL system, the SAGE II satellite instrument, ROCOZ-A rocket sondes and ECC balloon sondes, microwave radiometers, and both Dobson and Brewer column measuring spectro-photometers. The results have shown that the lidars are capable of providing high quality data and will play an important role in monitoring the stratosphere and providing correlative and ground-truth measurements for future space-based instruments such as onboard the UARS and Eos platforms.
© 1990 Optical Society of America
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