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CO2 lidar backscatter profiles over Hawaii during fall 1988

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Abstract

Aerosol and cloud backscatter data, obtained over a 24-day period in fall 1988 with the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s Doppler lidar at 10.59-μm wavelength, are analyzed by using a new technique to lessen biases that are due to dropouts. Typical backscatter cross sections were significantly lower than those routinely observed over the continental United States, although episodic backscatter enhancements caused by cirrus and mineral dust also occurred. Implications of these data on the proposed Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder wind profiling satellite sensor are discussed.

© 1992 Optical Society of America

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