HSRL-2 aerosol optical measurements and microphysical retrievals vs. airborne in situ measurements during DISCOVER-AQ 2013: an intercomparison study

Sawamura, Patricia; Moore, Richard H.; Burton, Sharon P.; Chemyakin, Eduard; Müller, Detlef; Kolgotin, Alexei; Ferrare, Richard A.; Hostetler, Chris A.; Ziemba, Luke D.; Beyersdorf, Andreas J.; Anderson, Bruce E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7229-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7229-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-7229-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

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16 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 16 Jun 2017

HSRL-2 aerosol optical measurements and microphysical retrievals vs. airborne in situ measurements during DISCOVER-AQ 2013: an intercomparison study

Patricia Sawamura, Richard H. Moore, Sharon P. Burton, Eduard Chemyakin, Detlef Müller, Alexei Kolgotin, Richard A. Ferrare, Chris A. Hostetler, Luke D. Ziemba, Andreas J. Beyersdorf, and Bruce E. Anderson

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We present a detailed evaluation of physical properties of aerosols, like aerosol number concentration and aerosol size, obtained from an advanced, airborne, multi-wavelength high-spectral-resolution lidar (HSRL-2) system. These lidar-retrieved physical properties were compared to airborne in situ measurements. Our findings highlight the advantages of advanced HSRL measurements and retrievals to help constrain the vertical distribution of aerosol volume or mass loading relevant for air quality.