Intercomparison studies of lidar aerosol backscatter observations and in-situ particle flux and size distribution measurements
BaCaTeC 9 [2010-1]
From 07/2010 to 12/2011Principal Investigator: Andreas Held
Staff: Shane Mayor, Theresa Seith
There is an apparent lack of direct intercomparison exercises of lidar and high-time-resolution in-situ aerosol data. The main objective of this collaboration is to compare aerosol backscatter data obtained from a unique raman-shifted eye-safe aerosol lidar (REAL) with in-situ measurements of aerosol properties including aerosol size distributions and turbulent particle transport in the atmospheric boundary layer. Thus, the sensitivity of the REAL instrument to shifts in the dominant particle size and changes in particle number will be studied. A primary strength of the REAL is its ability to sense aerosol clouds from distances of several kilometres. From this collaboration, we expect an improved interpretation of lidar aerosol backscatter data which will establish a new dimension of observational capabilities to study the spatial and temporal evolution of the atmospheric aerosol.
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