Abstract

The University of Wisconsin volume imaging Lidar system is designed to produce a continuous sequence of three-dimensional data of aerosol backscattering. Presently, the image of the cloud structure is produced by vertically stacking a series of horizontal aerosol contours. Mathematical tracking and prediction methods for objects moving in space were developed by A. P. Reeves, D. Andrisani II, and F. P. Kuhl. These methods could be modified to track dynamic aerosol structures as a function of time. In addition, properties such as growth, transport, roll, and dispersion could then be obtained and analyzed.

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