Recent climatological trends in atmospheric aerosol backscatter derived from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory multiyear backscatter profile database
- 20 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 33 (3), 424-430
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.33.000424
Abstract
An update is provided on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory aerosol backscatter climatology database, with emphasis on the impact of the June 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo. The data set is acquired at thermal infrared wavelengths with a range-gated coherent CO2 lidar system, which has been in regular operation since 1984. A number of analyses have been carried out to assess long-term trends in the tropospheric and lower stratospheric aerosol backscatter, as observed from the lidar site at Pasadena, California.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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