Scanning lidar measurements of marine aerosol fields at a coastal site in Hawaii

Shiv K. Sharma; Barry R. Lienert; John N. Porter

doi:10.1117/12.417041

13 February 2001 Scanning lidar measurements of marine aerosol fields at a coastal site in Hawaii

Shiv K. Sharma, Barry R. Lienert, John N. Porter

Proceedings Volume 4153, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417041
Event: Second International Asia-Pacific Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Environment, and Space, 2000, Sendai, Japan

Abstract

On the windward side of Oahu, a multi-wavelength Mie-Rayleigh (MR) scanning lidar is used on a regular basis for measuring aerosol attenuation in the marine boundaiy layer. The lidar data are being used for investigathg dynamic effects of marine aerosol fields on electro-optical (EO) properties. The lidar has been operated mostly at 532 and 1064 nm, and recently at 355 nm. We have observed that the vertical aerosol distribution can be very non-uniform. Under certain atmospheric conditions, ascending and descending streaks of aerosols with high extinction (2x 1O-4 per meter) have been observed, indicating that both the surface and cloud drizzle effects are important. Horizontal lidar scans at 6 meters above the sea surface indicate that aerosol is fairly uniform on a large scale but can exhibit significant variability on small scales particularly close to protruding reefs and shorelines. Above the reefthe enhanced aerosol fields have been observed to rise as high as 100 meters. As expected there is a strong correlation between wind speed and sea salt extinction values. The temporal and spatial distribution ofthese aerosol fields and their dependence meteorological parameters and wave height are discussed.

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Shiv K. Sharma, Barry R. Lienert, and John N. Porter "Scanning lidar measurements of marine aerosol fields at a coastal site in Hawaii", Proc. SPIE 4153, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring, (13 February 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417041

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