Aerosol scattering
Measurement Categories: Aerosols
Description: The scattering of radiative energy by processes at the aerosol and molecular level.
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Instruments that produce the measurement
The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- ARM Instruments
- Field Campaign Instruments
- Aerosol Observation System (AOS)
- Desert Research Institute Ground-Based Aerosol Instruments (DRI-GND)
- EML Tower based Aerosol Measurements (AEROSOL-TOWER-EML)
- Gulfstream (G-1)
- In-situ Aerosol Profiles (Cessna Aerosol Flights) (IAP)
- LASE-airborne Dial System (LASE)
- Multi-wavelength Scanning Radiometer (MSR)
- NASA-Ames Cadenza Cavity Ring-Down Instrument (CADENZA)
- NOAA Airborne Aerosol Instruments (NOAA-AIR)
- NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown (RONBROWN)
- Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles (RLPROF)
- Raman Lidar (RL)
- University of Washington Airborne Aerosol Instruments (UW-AIR)
- University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft (UW-CONVAIR580)
Value-Added Products (VAPs) including the measurement
- (RLPROF) Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles Process
- 10rlprofasr1ferr - Raman Lidar (RL): aerosol scattering ratio and backscattering coefficient profiles
- 10rlprofbe1turn - Raman LIDAR (RL): Best-estimate state of the atmos. profiles from RL & AERI+GOES retrievals