Aerosol Characterization from Polarimeter and Lidar

The Campaign

The Aerosol Characterization for Polarimeter and Lidar (ACEPOL) was a field investigation to improve multi-angle polarimeter and lidar measurements of aerosols and clouds. ACEPOL conducted one deployment in the fall of 2017 across the western United States. The NASA ER-2 aircraft was equipped with various remote sensing instruments such as the Airborne Hyper Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP), Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL), and High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 (HSRL-2) to measure aerosol and cloud properties. ACEPOL was primarily funded by NASA's Aerosol-Clouds-Ecosystem (ACE) mission, with additional support from NASA's CALIPSO satellite mission and the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON).

Additional Notes

Repositories

• Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC)