In this paper, the evaluation of CALIPSO nighttime extinction retrievals with collocated/coincident airborne lidar and in situ measurements is presented for the 9th of September 2011 over Greece. Specially oriented research flights were carried out in Greece on September 2011 with the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) BAe-146 research aircraft in the framework of the ACEMED campaign. The comparison between CALIOP and airborne lidar extinction coefficient vertical distributions reveal a good agreement. CALIOP agrees also with in situ airborne extinction retrievals for dry aerosol layers, however humidity corrections are needed. The aerosol type classification scheme of CALIPSO shows good performance over land.
Investigation Of Representativeness Of Calipso Aerosol Optical Properties Products By Earlinet Correlative Measurements
DE TOMASI, Ferdinando;
2012-01-01
Abstract
In this paper, the evaluation of CALIPSO nighttime extinction retrievals with collocated/coincident airborne lidar and in situ measurements is presented for the 9th of September 2011 over Greece. Specially oriented research flights were carried out in Greece on September 2011 with the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) BAe-146 research aircraft in the framework of the ACEMED campaign. The comparison between CALIOP and airborne lidar extinction coefficient vertical distributions reveal a good agreement. CALIOP agrees also with in situ airborne extinction retrievals for dry aerosol layers, however humidity corrections are needed. The aerosol type classification scheme of CALIPSO shows good performance over land.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
