Airborne Lidar Tracking of Fluorescent Tracers for Atmospheric Transport and Diffusion Studies
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- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Vol. 66 (10) , 1255-1262
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1985)066<1255:altoft>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Development and validation of transport models for the study of regional acid deposition require improved observations of pollutant transport and dispersion processes. No suitable method for air-parcel tracking along nonconstant density surfaces is available. The feasibility of using an airborne lidar system to observe atmospheric transport and dispersion of fluorescent-dye-particle (FDP) tracers was demonstrated for various meteorological conditions and FDP-release scenarios in the general area of the Cross-Appalachian Tracer Experiment (CAPTEX) during October 1983. This paper presents some of the results obtained on six case studies, each of which illustrates a unique application of the technique.Keywords
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