Abstract

Planned satellite based doppier LIDAR wind sensors operating in the 10 um region will measure the backscatter from atmospheric aerosols. An evaluation of the performance of these systems requires knowledge of the expected levels of backscatter for a variety of situations that span the range of expected measurement conditions. There is a particular interest in determining the free tropospheric backscatter to be expected under conditions in which the aerosol loadings are near background levels, data which are important in determining the usefulness of the wind data to be expected from these systems.

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