High Resolution Active Optical Remote Sensing Observations of Aerosols, Clouds and Aerosol-Cloud Interactions and Their Implication to Climate II
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 26102
Special Issue Editors
Interests: radiative transfer; aerosols; LiDAR; image fusion
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Interests: atmospheric environment remote sensing; remote sensing information analysis; carbon monitoring
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Interests: integration of data across multiple satellites; remote sensing and modeling of aerosols; inverse modeling of atmospheric composition and emissions sources; remote sensing of air quality extremes; remote sensing of short lived climate forcers
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Interests: remote sensing; Lidar; climate change; aerosol; atmospheric water vapor cycle
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This special issue seeks contributions on new observations of aerosols and clouds properties and, eventually, their mute interaction at all different scales by active optical remote sensing (LiDAR) methodologies. Contributions describing original research results from ground-based, airborne, and space-based observational vantage points are solicited. In particular, geometrical and optical properties of aerosol layers are important in climate, radiation budget, and cloud formation research (aerosol–cloud interaction). One of the goals of this Special Issue is, therefore, to survey the state of the art of active optical remote sensing instruments for determining the vertical and horizontal distribution of clouds and aerosols throughout the atmospheric column. Another topic that benefits greatly from active optical remote sensing instruments is the elucidation of chemical and physical processes that occur in moderately and heavily dust-polluted environments. For this application, it is necessary to accurately describe planetary boundary layer dynamics and depth evolution (a field in which LiDAR techniques excel). Other topics of interest for this Special Issue include process studies related to atmospheric composition, pollution, transport, and dynamics, and convective storm development.
Prof. Dr. Simone Lolli
Prof. Dr. Kai Qin
Dr. Jason Blake Cohen
Dr. Davide Dionisi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Lidar
- Aerosol–cloud interaction
- Cirrus clouds
- Aerosols
- Boundary layer
- Air pollution
- Radiative transfer
- Climate
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