Development of a Mobile Lidar for GOSAT Product Validation

Osamu UCHINO; Tetsu SAKAI; Tomohiro NAGAI; Masahisa NAKAZATO; Isamu MORINO; Tatsuya YOKOTA; Tsuneo MATSUNAGA; Nobuo SUGIMOTO; Kohei ARAI; Hiroshi OKUMURA

doi:10.11440/rssj.31.435

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Development of a Mobile Lidar for GOSAT Product Validation

Osamu UCHINO, Tetsu SAKAI, Tomohiro NAGAI, Masahisa NAKAZATO, Isamu MORINO, Tatsuya YOKOTA, Tsuneo MATSUNAGA, Nobuo SUGIMOTO, Kohei ARAI, Hiroshi OKUMURA

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Keywords: GOSAT, greenhouse gases, validation, aerosols, tropospheric ozone

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2011 Volume 31 Issue 4 Pages 435-445

DOI https://doi.org/10.11440/rssj.31.435

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Abstract

We developed a mobile lidar for the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) product validation. This system consists of a small type of Mie lidar and a DIfferential-Absorption Lidar (DIAL). The Mie lidar measures vertical distributions and optical characteristics of aerosols and cirrus clouds at two wavelengths of 1064 nm and 532 nm. The DIAL system observes tropospheric ozone profiles with Raman laser lines at 276.2 nm, 287.2 nm and 299.1 nm which are generated by a Nd : YAG laser and a single Raman cell filled with pressurized CO₂ gas. Preliminary observational results are presented with the system.

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