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| Titel |
Airborne verification of CALIPSO products over the Amazon: a case study of daytime observations in a complex atmospheric scene |
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F. Marenco, V. Amiridis, E. Marinou, A. Tsekeri, J. Pelon |
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 14, no. 21 ; Nr. 14, no. 21 (2014-11-12), S.11871-11881 |
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250119153
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-14-11871-2014.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| A daytime underflight of CALIPSO with the Facility for Airborne
Atmospheric Measurements was performed on 20 September
2012 in the Amazon region of Brazil, during the biomass burning season.
The scene is dominated by a thin elevated layer (aerosol optical
depth (AOD) 0.03 at 532 nm) and a moderately turbid boundary layer
(AOD ~ 0.2 at 532 nm).
The boundary layer is topped with small broken stratocumulus
clouds.
In this complex scene, a comparison of observations from the
airborne and spaceborne lidars reveals a few discrepancies.
The CALIPSO detection scheme tends to miss the elevated thin
layer, and also shows several gaps (~ 30%) in the boundary layer.
The small clouds are not correctly removed from the signals;
this can cause the CALIPSO aerosol
subtype to oscillate between smoke and polluted dust and may
introduce distortion in the aerosol retrieval scheme.
The magnitude of the average extinction coefficient estimated from
CALIPSO Level 2 data in the boundary layer is as expected, when
compared to the aircraft lidar and accounting for wavelength
scaling.
However, when the gaps in aerosol detection mentioned above
are accounted for, we are left with
an overall estimate of AOD for this particular
scene that is of the order of two thirds of that determined with
the airborne lidar. |
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