CSIR South Africa mobile LIDAR - first scientific results : comparison with satellite, sun photometer and model simulations

dc.contributor.authorSivakumar, Venkataraman
dc.contributor.authorTesfaye, M.
dc.contributor.authorAlemu, W.
dc.contributor.authorMoema, D.
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Ameeth
dc.contributor.authorBollig, C.
dc.contributor.authorMengistu, G.
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-25T06:48:38Z
dc.date.available2010-01-25T06:48:38Z
dc.date.issued2009-11
dc.description.abstractWe present the first scientific results from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-National Laser Centre (CSIR-NLC) mobile LIght Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) and its validation and comparison with other ground-based and space-borne measurements. The LIDAR results are compared with aerosol extinction measurements from the Stratosphere Aerosol Gas Experiment (SAGE) II, optical depth derived from sun photometers employed under the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) and backscatter coefficients simulated from weather balloon humidity measurements.en
dc.identifier.citationSivakumar, V, Tesfaye, M, Alemu, W, Moema, D, Sharma, A, Bollig, C & Mengistu, G 2009, 'CSIR South Africa mobile LIDAR - first scientific results : comparison with satellite, sun photometer and model simulations', South African Journal of Science, vol. 105, no. 11, pp. 449-455. [http://www.sajs.co.za/]en
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/12724
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africaen
dc.rightsAcademy of Science of South Africaen
dc.subjectLIDAR measurementsen
dc.subjectOptical depthen
dc.subjectRelative humidityen
dc.subject.lcshAerosolsen
dc.subject.lcshOptical radiometry -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshSouth African Council for Scientific and Industrial Researchen
dc.subject.lcshHygrometryen
dc.subject.lcshScientific surveys -- South Africaen
dc.titleCSIR South Africa mobile LIDAR - first scientific results : comparison with satellite, sun photometer and model simulationsen
dc.typeArticleen

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