Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4069-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4069-2021
Research article
 | 
04 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 04 Jun 2021

Tropospheric NO2 measurements using a three-wavelength optical parametric oscillator differential absorption lidar

Jia Su, M. Patrick McCormick, Matthew S. Johnson, John T. Sullivan, Michael J. Newchurch, Timothy A. Berkoff, Shi Kuang, and Guillaume P. Gronoff

Related authors

Retrieval of UVB aerosol extinction profiles from the ground-based Langley Mobile Ozone Lidar (LMOL) system
Liqiao Lei, Timothy A. Berkoff, Guillaume Gronoff, Jia Su, Amin R. Nehrir, Yonghua Wu, Fred Moshary, and Shi Kuang
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 2465–2478, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2465-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2465-2022, 2022
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Gases | Technique: Remote Sensing | Topic: Instruments and Platforms
Maximizing the scientific application of Pandora column observations of HCHO and NO2
Prajjwal Rawat, James H. Crawford, Katherine R. Travis, Laura M. Judd, Mary Angelique G. Demetillo, Lukas C. Valin, James J. Szykman, Andrew Whitehill, Eric Baumann, and Thomas F. Hanisco
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 18, 2899–2917, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2899-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2899-2025, 2025
Short summary
Comment on "Design study for an airborne N2O lidar" by Kiemle et al. (2024)
Joel F. Campbell, Bing Lin, and Zhaoyan Liu
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1448,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1448, 2025
Short summary
Assessing the Detection Potential of Targeting Satellites for Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring: Insights from TANGO Simulations
Harikrishnan Charuvil Asokan, Jochen Landgraf, Pepijn Veefkind, Stijn Dellaert, and André Butz
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1071,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1071, 2025
Short summary
Expanding Observational Capabilities of A Diode-Laser-Based Lidar Through Shot-To-Shot Modification of Laser Pulse Characteristics
Robert A. Stillwell, Adam Karboski, Matthew Hayman, and Scott M. Spuler
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1288,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1288, 2025
Short summary
Retrieval simulations of a spaceborne differential absorption radar near the 380 GHz water vapor line
Luis F. Millán, Matthew D. Lebsock, and Marcin J. Kurowski
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-322,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-322, 2025
Short summary

Cited articles

Amnuaylojaroen, T., Macatangay, R. C., and Khodmanee, S.: Modeling the effect of VOCs from biomass burning emissions on ozone pollution in upper Southeast Asia, Heliyon., 5, e02661, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02661, 2019. 
Barten, J. G. M., Ganzeveld, L. N., Visser, A. J., Jiménez, R., and Krol, M. C.: Evaluation of nitrogen oxides (NOx) sources and sinks and ozone production in Colombia and surrounding areas, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 9441–9458, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9441-2020, 2020. 
Beirle, S., Platt, U., Wenig, M., and Wagner, T.: Weekly cycle of NO2 by GOME measurements: a signature of anthropogenic sources, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 2225–2232, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-3-2225-2003, 2003. 
Beirle, S., Boersma, K., Platt, U., Lawrence, M., and Wagner, T.: Megacity Emissions and Lifetimes of Nitrogen Oxides Probed from Space, Science, 333, 1737–1739, 2011. 
Berg, N., Mellqvist, J., Jalkanen, J.-P., and Balzani, J.: Ship emissions of SO2 and NO2: DOAS measurements from airborne platforms, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 1085–1098, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-5-1085-2012, 2012. 
Download
Short summary
A new technique using a three-wavelength differential absorption lidar (DIAL) technique based on an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) laser is proposed to obtain more accurate measurements of NO2. The retrieval uncertainties in aerosol extinction using the three-wavelength DIAL technique are reduced to less than 2 % of those when using the two-wavelength DIAL technique. Hampton University (HU) lidar NO2 profiles are compared with simulated data from the WRF-Chem model, and they agree well.
Share