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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH,
VOL. 112,
D20201,
doi:10.1029/2007JD008768,
2007
Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar
Matthew J. McGill
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Mark A. Vaughan
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, Virginia, USA
Charles R. Trepte
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
William D. Hart
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Dennis L. Hlavka
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
David M. Winker
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Ralph Kuehn
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, Virginia, USA
Abstract
The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite provides a new and exciting opportunity
to study clouds and aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere using range-resolved laser remote sensing. Following the successful
launch of the CALIPSO satellite, validation flights were conducted using the long-established Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) to
verify CALIPSO's calibration and validate various CALIPSO data products. This paper presents results of the initial comparisons
made between the spaceborne CALIPSO lidar and the airborne CPL. Results are presented to validate measurement sensitivity
and the spatial properties reported in the CALIPSO data products. Cloud layer top determinations from CALIPSO are found to
be in good agreement with those from CPL. Determinations of minimum detectable backscatter are in excellent agreement with
theoretical values predicted prior to launch.
Received 9
April
2007;
accepted 16
July
2007;
published 17
October
2007.
Keywords: lidar;
cloud lidar.
Index Terms: 3360 Atmospheric Processes: Remote sensing; 3311 Atmospheric Processes: Clouds and aerosols; 3310 Atmospheric Processes: Clouds and cloud feedbacks; 0394 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Instruments and techniques; 3394 Atmospheric Processes: Instruments and techniques.
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Citation: McGill, M. J., M. A. Vaughan, C. R. Trepte, W. D. Hart, D. L. Hlavka, D. M. Winker, and R. Kuehn
(2007),
Airborne validation of spatial properties measured by the CALIPSO lidar,
J. Geophys. Res.,
112,
D20201,
doi:10.1029/2007JD008768.
Copyright 2007 by the American Geophysical Union.
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