Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3281-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3281-2018
Research article
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08 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 08 Jun 2018

Laser pulse bidirectional reflectance from CALIPSO mission

Xiaomei Lu, Yongxiang Hu, Yuekui Yang, Mark Vaughan, Zhaoyan Liu, Sharon Rodier, William Hunt, Kathy Powell, Patricia Lucker, and Charles Trepte

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This paper presents an innovative retrieval method that translates the CALIOP land surface laser pulse returns into the surface bidirectional reflectance. The surface bidirectional reflectances retrieved from CALIOP measurements contribute complementary data for existing MODIS standard data products and could be used to detect and monitor seasonal surface reflectance changes in high latitude regions where passive MODIS measurements are limited.
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