https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611916011
MPLNET V3 Cloud and Planetary Boundary Layer Detection
1 Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
3 Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA 93943, USA
4 Science System and Applications, Inc. Lanham, MD 20706, USA
* Email: jasper.r.lewis@nasa.gov
Published online: 7 June 2016
The NASA Micropulse Lidar Network Version 3 algorithms for planetary boundary layer and cloud detection are described and differences relative to the previous Version 2 algorithms are highlighted. A year of data from the Goddard Space Flight Center site in Greenbelt, MD consisting of diurnal and seasonal trends is used to demonstrate the results. Both the planetary boundary layer and cloud algorithms show significant improvement of the previous version.
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