All data shown here are PRELIMINARY · Profile Measurements in Archive: Ozone Concentrations...
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Airborne DIAL/HSRL Characterization of Aerosol Profiles
1NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA 2Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA USA
SEAC4RS Science Team Meeting April, 2014
Richard Ferrare1, Johnathan Hair1, Syed Ismail1, Carolyn Butler2, Marta Fenn2, Amy Jo Scarino2, Sharon Burton1, Anthony Notari1, James Collins2, Amin Nehrir1, Ray Rogers1, Yong Hu1, Chris Hostetler1
All data shown here are PRELIMINARY !
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Ozone DIAL/HSRL System
Ozone Differential
Absorption Lidar (DIAL)
and
Aerosol/Cloud High
Spectral Resolution Lidar
(HSRL)
NASA DC-8
SEAC4RS Field Mission
Profile Measurements in Archive:
Ozone Concentrations (290/300nm) Aerosol Extinction (532nm)
Layer AOT, AOT at 532nm (from aircraft altitude) Aerosol/Cloud Backscatter (355*,532,1064nm)
Backscatter Color Ratio (1064/532nm) Lidar Ratio (extinction/backscatter) (532nm)
Aerosol/Cloud Depolarization (355*,532,1064nm) Spectral Depolarization Ratio (1064/532nm)
*not part of archive
Instrument Summary
Simultaneous Nadir & Zenith measurements
Ozone DIAL – 290 & 300nm nominal resolutions: 3min, 270m
Aerosol/Cloud 355, 532 (HSRL), 1064 nm Nominal resolutions:
Extinction: 1min (~12 km), 270m Backscatter/Depol: 10sec (~2 km), 30m
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Ozone Mixing Ratio
Aerosol Backscatter
Aerosol Extinction
Aerosol Optical Thickness
Aerosol Depolarization
Ratio of Aerosol Depol (1064/532)
Backscatter Angst. Coef (1064/532)
Lidar Ratio
Suite of DIAL/HSRL Measurements (Aug. 8 transit flight)
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DIAL/HSRL Data used for Satellite Analyses
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Aug. 6 - Smoke over Stratus
Elevated smoke layers display variability in aerosol depolarization
Smoke lidar ratio 55-65 sr
Lidar Ratio (532 nm) (sr)
Ratio of Aerosol Depolarization (1064/532 nm) Aerosol Depolarization (532 nm)
Aerosol Backscatter (532 nm) (Mm-sr)-1
CALIPSO ground track
0-4 km
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Aug. 6 – DIAL/HSRL And CALIOP Measurements of Smoke over Stratus
CALIOP retrievals of aerosol extinction are highly variable…likely due to large variability in derived aerosol type and assigned lidar ratio
DIAL/HSRL measurements of lidar ratio show less variability (55-65 sr)
Aerosol Depolarization Ratio of Aerosol Depolarization (1064/532 nm)
CALIOP Aerosol Extinction (km-1) CALIOP Lidar Ratio (sr)
Aerosol Extinction (532 nm) (km-1) Lidar Ratio (532 nm) (sr)
CALIPSO ground track
0-4 km
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Evaluation of Alternative Method to Retrieve Above Cloud Aerosol Optical Thickness
• Opaque water clouds are detected in about one-third of global CALIOP data • Advanced technique (Hu et al., 2007; Chand et al., 2008, Jethva et al., 2014) to
retrieve above cloud AOT from CALIOP data is evaluated using DIAL/HSRL data • Layer-integrated attenuated backscatter provides measure of transmittance • Depolarization measurements provide a measure of the cloud multiple scattering
• DIAL/HSRL data from SEAC4RS provides • Attenuated backscatter data similar to CALIOP • Evaluation of alternative retrieval method using HSRL extinction profile
DIAL/HSRL attenuated backscatter
AOT (532 nm) above clouds
smoke
Stratus clouds
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DIAL/HSRL and MODIS Aerosol Optical Thickness: 19 August 2013
• DIAL/HSRL Measurements acquired when DC-8 flew at or above 5 km are used to derive AOT
• These AOT measurements can be used to evaluate satellite retrievals of AOT
DIAL/HSRL Measurements between 15-23 UT
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Aerosol Horizontal and
Vertical Variability
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DC-8 Flight Track Map
Study Region
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Mean and Median Aerosol Profiles
Lidar intensive parameters suggest
– Smaller, somewhat more spherical, particles aloft (e.g. smoke)
– Larger, somewhat more nonspherical particles closer to surface (e.g. dust)
Larg
Extinction Depolarization
Lidar Ratio
Backscatter Color Ratio (1064/ 532)
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Longitude Distributions of Aerosol Optical Properties (Median)
Lidar intensive products highlight various aerosol types in composited longitudinal profiles (e.g.) • Dust observed at lower altitudes over
western Texas • Smoke observed in mid-troposphere
• For more details, see John Hair’s
poster
Dust Dust Dust Smoke
West East
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Aerosol Intercomparisons
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DC-8 (DIAL/HSRL) and Ground (bagoHSRL) Comparisons over Huntsville (Aug. 14)
bagoHSRL data – thanks to Ed Eloranta
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DIAL/HSRL AOT comparison with AERONET
AOT derived from DIAL/HSRL nadir data when DC-8 flew at or above 5 km
AOT compared with AERONET level 1.5 AOT
DIAL/HSRL AOT slightly lower than AERONET, possibly due to AOT not included above (> 5 km) or below (<150 m) profile
AERONET data – thanks to Brent Holben, Rick Wagener, Joe Shaw, Kevin Repasky, Kevin Knupp, Doug Moore
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Aerosol Classification
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Variation in Aerosol Optical Properties (Sep. 6) Colorado to Houston
Aerosol Backscatter
Backscatter Angstrom Exp. (1064/532)
Lidar Ratio (532 nm)
Aerosol Depolarization (532 nm)
Ratio of Aerosol Depolar. (1064/532 nm)
• Final Portion of flight from SE Colorado to Houston
• Aerosol intensive parameters are used to classify aerosol type as described by Burton et al. (2012, 2013)
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Aerosol Classification (Sep. 6) Colorado to Houston
Backscatter Angstrom Exp. (1064/532)
Lidar Ratio (532 nm)
Aerosol Depolarization (532 nm)
Ratio of Aerosol Depolar. (1064/532 nm)
Aerosol Type
Transition from dusty mix to mixture of urban and smoke near Houston
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AOT Apportionment to Aerosol Type (Sep. 6) Colorado to Houston
Aerosol Type
• DIAL/HSRL were used to apportion AOT to aerosol type • Low AOT over SE Colorado comprised entirely of dusty mix • Higher AOT over SE Texas comprised of combination of urban and smoke
Aerosol Extinction
Aerosol Type
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Vertical Profile of Extinction Apportionment to Aerosol Type
– DIAL/HSRL measurements can be used to apportion profiles of aerosol extinction to aerosol type
– LaRC airborne HSRL measurements have shown that it is not uncommon to see multiple aerosol types accounting for significant fractions of aerosol extinction and AOT in a vertical profile
– Such variability complicates interpretation of column average aerosol retrievals obtained by surface and satellite passive remote sensors
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Mixed Layer Heights
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Mixed Layer Height Retrieval (Aug. 8 transit)
Mixed Layer heights computed from aerosol backscatter profiles show variability in ML height
In this example from Aug. 8 transit flight, ML heights range from 1-2.5 km over land, decrease to 500-800 m over Gulf
Mixed Layer Height (m- AGL)
Aerosol Backscatter
~ 2.5 km ~ 1.5 km
~ 0.5 km
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Aerosol Optical Thickness within Mixed Layer (Aug. 8 Transit)
DIAL/HSRL measurements of column AOT are used to determine the fraction of AOT above Mixed Layer
In this example from the Aug. 8 transit flight, about 60-70% of AOT is within the ML over land, but only 20-30% of AOT is within boundary layer over water
Aerosol Backscatter
Fraction of AOT Below Each Altitude
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Summary
DIAL/HSRL measurements provide suite of aerosol products as well as ozone
– Aerosol extinction, backscattering, depolarization, optical thickness
– Aerosol profiles are optimal when aircraft flies at or above 5 km
Aerosol products are used for:
– Mapping horizontal and vertical aerosol distributions
– Qualitative aerosol classification
– Apportionment of AOT to aerosol type
– Determination of daytime Mixed Layer (ML) height
– Apportionment of AOT within and above ML
– Determination of Nonspherical Fraction
Relevant Studies
– Radiation
– Smoke
– Aerosol/cloud interactions
– UT/LS
– Cirrus
– Chemistry (ozone)
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Nonspherical (i.e. dust) fraction (Sep. 6)
DIAL/HSRL measurements of aerosol depolarization were used to derive fraction of extinction and AOT due to nonspherical aerosols (i.e. dust) following Sugimoto and Lee (2006) and Tesche et al., (2009)
Dust Mixing Ratio
Aerosol Extinction
Dust Mixing Ratio
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Ozone Comparisons
• DIAL ozone comparisons with NOAA ESRL
Ozone measurements on DC-8 in ramps
along more homogeneous scenes show in
general good agreement
• Comparisons during ramps often encounter
high variability in vertical and horizontal
structure which complicates comparison
• Comparisons with sondes are currently
being assessed
• Comparisons with ground lidars possible
(however very limited cases)
In Situ DIAL
In Situ DIAL
In Situ DIAL
Aug. 2 Aug. 21
Aug. 26
In situ ozone data – thanks to Tom Ryerson