Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4755-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4755-2021
Research article
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01 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2021

Retrieval of aerosol microphysical properties from atmospheric lidar sounding: an investigation using synthetic measurements and data from the ACEPOL campaign

William G. K. McLean, Guangliang Fu, Sharon P. Burton, and Otto P. Hasekamp

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In this study, we present results from aerosol retrievals using both synthetic and real lidar datasets, including measurements from the ACEPOL (Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar) campaign, a combined initiative between NASA and SRON (the Netherlands Institute for Space Research). Aerosol microphysical retrievals were performed using the High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 (HSRL-2) setup, alongside several others, with the ACEPOL retrievals also compared to polarimeter retrievals. 
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