Satellite and Ship-based Lidar Estimates of Optical Depth during EOPACE
conference paper
Coastal Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (MABL) aerosol optical depth is estimated from satellite data and compared with ship-based aerosol and lidar backscatter measurements, aircraft-measured aerosol, and rawinsonde data during the EO Propagation Assessment in Coastal Environments (EOPACE) Intense Observing Period (IOP) during April 1996. In the examined cases, satellite retrievals of aerosol optical depth and the ship and aircraft measurements were in good qualitative agreement. The ratio of visible and rear-infrared NOAA AVHRR channels successfully depicted regions of maritime aerosol during the beginning and later parts of the IOP and the period of continental aerosol associated with the strong offshore flow oft he Santa Ana event.
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TNO Identifier
95118
Publisher
NATO Research and Technology Organisation
Source title
Papers presented at the Sensors & Electronics Technology (SET) Panel Symposium on E-O Propagation, Signature and Sytem Performance Under Adverse Meteorological Conditions Considering Out-of-Area Operations held at Naples, Italy, 16-19 March 1998
Place of publication
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Pages
23/1-23/5
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