Continuous lidar measurements of stratospheric aerosols and ozone after the Pinatubo eruption. Part I: DIAL ozone retrieval in presence of stratospheric aerosol layers

Journal Article · Thu Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/93GL02957· OSTI ID:5139928

D'Altorio, A; Visconti, G ^[1]; Masci, F; Rizi, V; Boschi, E ^[2]

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1. Universita degli Studi - L'Aquila, L'Aquila (Italy)
2. Instituto Nazional di Geofisica, Roma (Italy)

This paper presents results from the monitoring of stratospheric ozone levels following the eruption of Mt Pinatubo, by use of differential absorption lidar (DIAL) in conjunction with an aerosol lidar. The aerosol load makes the detection of ozone by the use of backscatter techniques much more complicated. Here the authors use a lidar to monitor the aerosol, and hence invert it out of the DIAL measurements used to monitor ozone signals. The results are correlated with sonde measurements to provide an independent calibration.

• OSTI ID: 5139928
• Journal Information: Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union); (United States), Vol. 20:24; ISSN 0094-8276
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
OZONE
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MEASURING METHODS
AEROSOLS
OPTICAL RADAR
STRATOSPHERE
VOLCANIC GASES
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
FLUIDS
GASES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADAR
RANGE FINDERS
SOLS
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