Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-127-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-127-2018
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10 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 10 Jan 2018

Measurement of atmospheric CO2 column concentrations to cloud tops with a pulsed multi-wavelength airborne lidar

Jianping Mao, Anand Ramanathan, James B. Abshire, Stephan R. Kawa, Haris Riris, Graham R. Allan, Michael Rodriguez, William E. Hasselbrack, Xiaoli Sun, Kenji Numata, Jeff Chen, Yonghoon Choi, and Mei Ying Melissa Yang

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Precise global measurement of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere is needed to understand carbon–climate feedbacks. Ideally we would measure from space 24/7 over all land and sea surfaces, in all-sky conditions, clouds, haze or dust and achieve near 100 % usable data. NASA-GSFC has developed a laser instrument to measure CO2 from an aircraft flying at over 40 000 feet as a satellite precursor. Here we demonstrate this measurement capability, highlighting data in the presence of a variety of clouds.
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