Lidar Applications Group -- NASA LaRC

Atmospheric Sciences Competency (AtSC)/Chemistry Dynamics Branch (CDB)

Listing of Major LASE and other Related Publications (Chronological Order - By Year)

                               American Association of the Advancement of Science publication by the Lidar group                   Applied Optics publication by the Lidar group 

Submitted and In-Press Manuscripts

Tropical radiative heating rates from ozone and water vapor lidar observations, Newell, R. E., J. Y. N. Cho, and E. V. Browell, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, August 2000.


2001

Lidar Measurements of Relative Humidity and Cirrus Clouds", R.A. Ferrare, S. Ismail, E.V. Browell, S.A. Kooi, L.H. Brasseur, V. Brackett, M.B. Clayton, M.J. Mahoney, G. Sachse, J.A. Barrick, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2001), Sydney, Australia, July 9-13, 2001.

LASE Characterization of Water Vapor, Aerosol, and Cloud Distributions Over the ARM Southern Great Plains Central Facility During AFWEX", S. Ismail, R.A. Ferrare, E.V. Browell, S.A. Kooi, L.H. Brasseur, M.B. Clayton, V. Brackett, J.E.M. Goldsmith, D.N. Whiteman, J. Barrick, 11th ARM Science Team Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, March 19-23, 2001.

Airborne lidar measurements of ozone, water vapor, aerosols, and clouds over the remote tropical Pacific Ocean, E. V. Browell, M. A. Fenn, C. F. Butler, W. B. Grant, S. Ismail, R. A. Ferrare, S. A. Kooi, V. G. Brackett, M. B. Clayton, M. A. Avery, J. D. Barrick, H. E. Fuelberg, R. E. Newell, and Y. Zhu, in Advances in Laser Remote Sensing, Selected Papers Presented at the 20th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), Vichy, France, 10-14 July 2000, A. Dabas, C. Loth, and J. Pelon, eds., Ecole polytechnique, France, pp. 353-356, 2001.

LASE measurements during CAMEX-3 to characterize the hurricane environment, Ismail, S., E. V. Browell, R. Ferrare, S. Kooi, M. Clayton, V. Brackett, W. Edwards, and F. J. Schmidlin, Advances in Laser Remote Sensing, A. Dabas, C. Loth, and J. Pelon, eds., Ecole Polytechnique, France, pp. 341-344, 2001.

Lidar measurements of relative humidity and ice supersaturation in the upper troposphere, Ferrare, R. A., E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, V. G. Brackett, M. B. Clayton, M. A. Fenn, L. Brasseur, S. A. Kooi, D. D. Turner, M. J. Mahoney, R. E. Newell, Y. Zhu, E. Jensen, J. Barrick, G. Sachse, Advances in Laser Remote Sensing, A. Dabas, C. Loth, and J. Pelon, eds., Ecole Polytechnique, France, pp. 317-320, 2001.

Stratosphere-troposphere exchange events observed by LASE in tropics, mid- and high-latitude regions, Clayton, M.B., S. Ismail, E.V. Browell, R.A. Ferrare, S.A. Kooi, L.A. Heilman, V.G. Brackett, M.A. Fenn, C.F. Butler, J. Barrick, M.A. Avery, R.E. Newell, and M.J. Mahoney, in Advances in Laser Remote Sensing, Selected Papers Presented at the 20th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), Vichy, France, 10-14 July 2000, A. Dabas, C. Loth, and J. Pelon (eds.), Ecole Polytechnique, France, pp. 361-364, 2001.


2000

A comparison of the aerosol optical thickness derived from ground-based and airborne measurements, S. Kato, M.H. Bergin, T.P. Ackerman, T.P. Charlock, E.E. Clothiaux, R.A. Ferrare, R.N. Halthore, N. Laulainen, G.G. Mace, J. Michalsky, and D.D. Turner, J. Geophys. Res., 105, No. D11, 14,701-14,717, 2000.

Advanced atmospheric water vapor DIAL detection system, T. F. Refaat and H. E. Elsayed-Ali, NASA/CR-2000-210301, June 2000.

Airborne lidar water vapor, ozone, and aerosol measurements, E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, W. B. Grant, and R. A. Ferrare, Preprint Volume, 11th Symposium on Global Change Studies, 9-14 January 2000, Long Beach, CA, sponsored by Am. Meteorol. Soc., pp. 5-8.

Characterization of advanced avalanche photodiodes for water vapor lidar receivers, R. E. Refaat, G. E. Halama, and R. J. DeYoung, NASA/TP-200-210096, July 2000.

Comparison of aerosol optical properties and water vapor among ground and airborne lidars and sun photometers during TARFOX, R. Ferrare, S. Ismail, E. Browell, V. Brackett, M. Clayton, S. Kooi, S. H. Melfi et al., J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9917-9933, 2000.

Comparisons of LASE, aircraft, and satellite measurements of aerosol optical properties and water vapor during TARFOX, R. Ferrare, S. Ismail, E. Browell, V. Brackett, S. Kooi, M. Clayton, P. V. Hobbs et al., J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9935-9947, 2000.

LASE measurements of aerosol and water vapor profiles during TARFOX, S. Ismail, E. V. Browell, R. A. Ferrare, S. A. Kooi, M. B. Clayton, V. G. Brackett, and P. B. Russell, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 9903-9916, 2000.

Remote Sensing of total precipitable water vapor in the near-IR over ocean glint, R.G. Kleidman, Y.J. Kaufman, B.C. Gao, L.A. Remer, V.G. Brackett, R.A. Ferrare, E.V. Browell, and S. Ismail, J. Geophys. Res., 27: 2657-2660, 2000.


1999

Design of advanced atmospheric water vapor differential absorption lidar (DIAL) detection system, T. F. Refaat, W. S. Luck Jr., and R. J. DeYoung, NASA/TP-1999-209348.

LASE measurements of water vapor, aerosols, and clouds during CAMEX-3, R. Ferrare, E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, W. Smith, W. Edwards, et al., Proc. 1999 OSA Symposium on Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, 114-116, 1999. <


1998

Advanced detector and waveform digitizer for water vapor DIAL systems, T. F. Refaat, W. S. Luck, Jr., and R. J. DeYoung, 19th ILRC, 845-848, NASA/CP-1998-207671/PT2, 1998.

A fiber-optic coupled telescope for water vapor DIAL receivers, F. Lonn and R. J. DeYoung, 19th ILRC, 857-860, NASA/CP-1998-207671/PT2.

LASE measurements of aerosols and water vapor during TARFOX, R. A. Ferrare, S. Ismail, E. V. Browell, V. G. Brackett, S. A. Kooi, M. B. Clayton, S. H. Melfi et al., 19th ILRC, 11-14, NASA/CP-1998-207671/PT1, 1998.

LASE measurements of convective boundary layer development during SGP97, S. Ismail, E. V. Browell, R. A. Ferrare et al., 19th ILRC, 261-264, NASA/CP-1998-207671/PT1, 1998.

LASE measurements of water vapor and cirrus clouds, Browell, E. V., S. Ismail, R. A. Ferrare, V. G. Brackett, S. A. Kooi, M. B. Clayton, P. Minnis: in Cirrus Technical Digest, Optical Society of America, 42-44, 1998.

The impact of subvisible cirrus clouds near the tropical tropopause on stratospheric water vapor, Rosenfield, J. E., D. B. Considine, M. R. Schoeberl, and E. V. Browell, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1883-1886, 1998.


1997

Development of the Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) -- An advanced airborne DIAL instrument, Moore, A. S., Jr., K. E. Brown, W. M. Hall, J. C. Barnes, W. C. Edwards, L. B. Petway, A. D. Little, W. S. Luck, Jr., I. W. Jones, C. W. Antill, Jr., E. V. Browell, and S. Ismail, , in Advances in Atmospheric Remote Sensing with Lidar, A. Ansmann, R. Neuber, P. Rairoux, and U. Wandinger, eds., pp. 281-288, Springer Verlag, New York, 1997. 128.

Laser Applications in Remote Sensing, vol. MS 141, SPIE Milestones Series (W.B. Grant, E.V. Browell, R.T. Menzies, K. Sassen, and C.-Y. She, eds.).

LASE validation experiment, in A. Ansmann, R. Neuber, P. Rairoux, and U. Wandinger, eds., Advances in Atmospheric Remote Sensing with Lidar, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 289-295, 1997 (E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, W. M. Hall, A. S. Moore, Jr., S. A. Kooi, V. G. Brackett, M. B. Clayton, J. D. W. Barrick, F. J. Schmidlin, N. S. Higdon, S. H. Melfi, and D. N. Whiteman).

Measurements of H2O-O-16 linestrengths and air-induced broadenings and shifts in the 815-nm spectral region, J. Molec. Spectrosc., 185, 58-70, 1997 (P.L. Ponsardin, and E.V. Browell).


1996

Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor and Cirrus: Comparison of DC-8 Observations, Preliminary UARS Microwave Limb Sounder Measurements and Meteorological Analyses, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 1931-1941, 1996 (R. Newell, Y. Zhu, E. Browell, S. Ismail et al.)

Use of volcanic aerosols to study the tropical stratospheric reservoir, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3973-3988, 1996. (W. Grant, E. Browell et al.)


1995

Airborne Lidar Measurements, Review of Laser Eng., 23, 135-141, 1995. (E. Browell)

Airborne Measurements of Chemical Species Near Taiwan During Mid-Autumn, J. Terr., Atmos., & Ocean Sci., 6, 299-335, 1995. (C.-M. Liu et al. with E. Browell)

Lidar for Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Studies, Ch. 7 in Tunable Lasers Applications, F. Duarte, ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., N.Y., 213-305, 1995. (W. Grant)

Optical Remote Sensing: Present Status and Future Trends, Optics & Photonics News, 6(1), 16-21, Jan. 1995. (W. Grant)


1994

Airborne Differential Absorption Lidar System for Measurements of Atmospheric Water Vapor and Aerosols, Appl Opt., 33, 6422-6438, 1994. (N. Higdon, E. Browell, P. Ponsardin, B. Grossmann, C. Butler, T. Chyba, M. Mayo, R. Allen, A. Heuser, W. Grant, S. Ismail, S. Mayor, and A. Carter)

Recent Lidar Technology Developments and Their Influence on Measurements of Tropospheric Water Vapor, J. Atmos. & Oceanic Tech., 11, 76-84, 1994. (S. Ismail and E. Browell)

Remote Sensing of Trace Gases From Satellites and Aircraft, in Chemistry of the Atmosphere: The Impact on Global Change, edited by J. Calvert, pp. 121-134, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Cambridge, Mass., 1994. (E. Browell)

Spectral Control of an Alexandrite Laser for an Airborne Water-Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar System, Appl Opt., 33, 6439-6450, 1994. (P. Ponsardin, N. Higdon, B. Grossmann, and E. Browell)


1991

Differential Absorption and Raman Lidar for Water Vapor Profile Measurements: A Review, Opt. Eng., 30, 40-48, 1991. (W. Grant)

Line Shape Asymmetry of Water Vapor Absorption Lines in the 720-nm Wavelength Region, J. Quant. Spectros. and Radiative Transfer, 45, 339-348, 1991. (B. Grossmann and E. Browell)

Temperature Sensitivity of Differential Absorption Lidar Measurements of Water Vapor in the 720-nm Region, Appl. Opt., 30, 1517-1524, 1991. (E. Browell, S. Ismail, and B. Grossmann)


1990

Investigation of H2O absorption Line Shifts by Air Pressure in the Visible Range, Atmos. Opt., 3, 675-690, 1990 (in Russian). (B. Grossmann, E. Browell, et al.)

Water Vapor Absorption Coefficients in the 8-13-um Spectral Region: A critical review, Appl. Opt., 29, 451-462, 1990. (W. Grant)


1989

Airborne and Spaceborne Lidar Measurements of Water Vapor Profiles: A Sensitivity Analysis, Appl. Opt., 28, 3603-3615, 1989. (S. Ismail and E. Browell)

Spectroscopy of Water Vapor in the 720-nm Wavelength Region: Line Strengths, Self-Induced Pressure Broadenings and Shifts, and Temperature Dependence of Linewidths and Shifts, J. of Mol. Spect., 136, 264-294, 1989. (B. Grossmann and E. Browell)

Water Vapor Line Broadening and Shifting by Air, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Argon in the 720-nm Wavelength Region, J. Mol. Spect., 138, 562-595, 1989. (B. Grossmann and E. Browell)


1987

Raman Shifted Dye Laser for Water Vapor DIAL measurements, Appl. Opt., 26, 1617-1621, 1987. (B. Grossmann, U. Singh, N. Higdon, L. Cotnoir, T. Wilkerson, and E. Browell)


1981

An Airborne Differential Absorption Lidar System for Water Vapor Investigations, Opt. Eng., 20, 84-90, 1981. (E. Browell, A. Carter, and T. Wilkerson)


1979

Water Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar Development and Evaluation, Appl. Opt., 18, 3474-3483, 1979. (E. Browell, T. Wilkerson, and T. McIlrath)