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27/7/07    09:00 - 12:40
Spaceborne Lidar
Fr11MF
Room: 132
Chair: John A. Reagan
CoChair: Ali Omar
Distribution and properties of polar clouds and haze as observed by CALIOP
Dave M Winker, Char Trepte, Yongxiang Hu

A Brief History of Fully Automated Data Processing of Space-Based Laser Backscatter Measurements from the LITE, GLAS, and CALIPSO Missions.
Mark Vaughan, Stephen Palm, Zhao Liu, Will Hunt, Kath Powell, Char Trepte, Will Hart, Dennis Hlavka, Kam- Lee, Stuart Ashleigh Young

Performance of the Instrument Design and Data Algorithms for the GLAS Global Cloud and Aerosol Measurements
James Spinhirne, Stephen Palm, Dennis Hlavka, Will Hart

Improving cloud climatology analysis using space lidar observations : first results from the CALIPSO mission and comparison with classifications from the MSG imaging radiometer SEVIRI
Gene Sèze, Jacques Pelon, Dave M Winker

The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the ICESat Mission
Xiaoli Sun, James Abshire, Hari Riris, Dong Yi, Stephen Palm, Pegg Jester, Jan McGarry, Davi Harding, Pame Millar, Michael A Krainak

The CALIOP Cloud and Aerosol Discrimination Algorithm: Overview and CLoud and Aerosol Distributions Derived from the Initial CALIOP Measurements
Zhaoyan Liu, Mark Vaughan, Ralp Kuehn, Ali Omar, Yongxiang Hu

Extinction-to-backscatter ratios of lofted aerosol layers observed during the first three months of CALIPSO measurements
Ali H Omar, Mark Vaughan, Zhao Liu, Yongxiang Hu, John A. Reagan, Davi Winker

ADM-Aeolus: The First Space-Based High Spectral Resolution Doppler Wind Lidar
Anne Grete Straume-Lindner, Paul Ingmann

Initial CRAM Aerosol Retrievals from CALIPSO and Supporting Airborne HSRL Measurements
John A. Reagan, Christopher McPherson, Chris Hostetler, Johnathan Hair, Richard Ferrare

The EarthCARE Mission: Mission Concept and Lidar Instrument Pre-Development
Arnaud Hélière, Alain Lefebvre, Tobias Wehr, Jean-Loup Bézy, Yannig Durand