Airborne measurements of atmospheric methane column abundance using a pulsed integrated-path differential absorption lidar

Author Affiliations

Haris Riris,^1,* Kenji Numata,² Steve Li,³ Stewart Wu,³ Anand Ramanathan,⁴ Martha Dawsey,¹ Jianping Mao,⁵ Randolph Kawa,¹ and James B. Abshire¹

¹NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA

²Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

³NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Lasers and Electro-Optics Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA

⁴Oak Ridge Associated Universities, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-0117, USA

⁵Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA

^*Corresponding author: haris.riris@nasa.gov