Regional Aerosol Transport Study Using a Compact Aerosol Lidar
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A Compact Aerosol Lidar (CAL) was built in the Science Directorate at NASA Langley for the purposes of aerosol and cloud profiling. The aircraft lidar system uses a Nd:YAG pulsed laser operating at 1064-nm and 532-nm wavelengths, with an additional photon counting channel at 532-nm. Measurements made in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach region showed complex regional aerosol distributions. Comparisons with MODIS aerosol optical depth and in situ ground measurements of PM2.5 show good agreement.
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