Airborne sun photometer PLASMA: concept, measurements, comparison of aerosol extinction vertical profile with lidar

[摘要] A 15-channel airborne sun-tracking photometer has been developed. Theinstrument provides aerosol optical depths over a wide spectral range(0.34–2.25 μm) with an accuracy (ΔAOD) ofapproximately 0.01. Taking measurements at different altitudes allow us toderive the aerosol extinction vertical profile. Thanks to the wide spectralrange of the instrument, information on the aerosol size distribution alongthe vertical is also available.

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