TY - JOUR
T1 - Lidar measurements for desert dust characterization
T2 - an overview
AU - Mona, L.
AU - Liu, Z.
AU - Mueller, D.
AU - Omar, A.
AU - Papayannis, A.
AU - Pappalardo, G.
AU - Sugimoto, N.
AU - Vaughan, M.
N1 - Copyright © 2012 L. Mona et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We provide an overview of light detection and ranging (lidar) capability for describing and characterizing desert dust. This paper summarizes lidar techniques, observations, and fallouts of desert dust lidar measurements. The main objective is to provide the scientific community, including nonpractitioners of lidar observations with a reference paper on dust lidar measurements. In particular, it will fill the current gap of communication between research-oriented lidar community and potential desert dust data users, such as air quality monitoring agencies and aviation advisory centers. The current capability of the different lidar techniques for the characterization of aerosol in general and desert dust in particular is presented. Technical aspects and required assumptions of these techniques are discussed, providing readers with the pros and cons of each technique. Information about desert dust collected up to date using lidar techniques is reviewed. Lidar techniques for aerosol characterization have a maturity level appropriate for addressing air quality and transportation issues, as demonstrated by some first results reported in this paper.
AB - We provide an overview of light detection and ranging (lidar) capability for describing and characterizing desert dust. This paper summarizes lidar techniques, observations, and fallouts of desert dust lidar measurements. The main objective is to provide the scientific community, including nonpractitioners of lidar observations with a reference paper on dust lidar measurements. In particular, it will fill the current gap of communication between research-oriented lidar community and potential desert dust data users, such as air quality monitoring agencies and aviation advisory centers. The current capability of the different lidar techniques for the characterization of aerosol in general and desert dust in particular is presented. Technical aspects and required assumptions of these techniques are discussed, providing readers with the pros and cons of each technique. Information about desert dust collected up to date using lidar techniques is reviewed. Lidar techniques for aerosol characterization have a maturity level appropriate for addressing air quality and transportation issues, as demonstrated by some first results reported in this paper.
KW - DIFFERENTIAL-ABSORPTION LIDAR
KW - MICROPHYSICAL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
KW - TO-BACKSCATTER RATIO
KW - SPECTRAL-RESOLUTION LIDAR
KW - REMOTE-SENSING MEASUREMENTS
KW - OPTICAL-SCATTERING PROPERTIES
KW - LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT
KW - SUN-PHOTOMETER MEASUREMENTS
KW - MULTIWAVELENGTH RAMAN LIDAR
KW - IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS
U2 - 10.1155/2012/356265
DO - 10.1155/2012/356265
M3 - Literature review
SN - 1687-9309
VL - 2012
JO - Advances in Meteorology
JF - Advances in Meteorology
M1 - 356265
ER -