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Fall
Semester Seminar:
Laser
Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere Around the World
Dr. Ed Browell speaks to a large crowd of
students, faculty and staff in Garber 106.
Guests included Meteorologist Robin Reed of CBS affiliate WDBJ Channel 7.
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(father of our very own webmaster Dean Browell) spoke on: when: |
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Abstract: Airborne laser systems are being extensively used for making remote measurements of ozone, water vapor, aerosols, and clouds in many international studies of important atmospheric processes around the world. This work was started at the NASA Langley Research Center in 1980 with the first demonstration of an airborne LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) system for remote ozone and aerosol measurements. Since that time many different LIDAR systems have been developed and over 28 major field experiments have been conducted around the world. These field experiments have included wide ranging studies of the Ozone Hole over Antarctica, biomass burning over Africa, pollution over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and hurricane studies over the Atlantic Ocean, to name a few. This seminar will discuss the basic characteristics as to how LIDAR remotely measures ozone/water vapor, aerosols and clouds; the characteristics of the NASA Langley airborne LIDAR systems; examples of LIDAR measurements from many different airborne field experiments; and the prospects of making LIDAR measurements from space. |
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