Abstract: Significant Doppler lidar returns have been observed from snow and rain. This demonstrates the feasibility of measuring velocity and range of hydrometeors with 10.6-?m wavelength CO2 laser lidar.

Abstract: Surface measurements of solar flux and total integrated liquid-water content, radiosonde data, and infrared satellite images are analyzed in conjunction with radiative transfer calculations to derive an empirical ...

Abstract: The observed depolarization of polarized lidar signals scattered from virga and a source cloud may be interpreted to show that the source cloud is largely glaciated, and the virga is composed of ice crystals not randomly ...

Abstract: Using an airborne lidar, we have measured atmospheric aerosol backscatter coefficients (differential backscatter cross section per unit volume) for 10.6 ?m wavelength laser radiation as a function of height to 5200 m for ...