Validation of the TOLNet lidars during SCOOP (Southern California Ozone Observation Project)

¹ California Institute of Technology, Jet propulsion Laboratory, USA,
² Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada
³ NOAA-Earth System Laboratory, USA
⁴ NASA-Langley research Center, USA
⁵ NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
⁶ NASA-Ames Research Center, USA
⁷ University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA

^* thierry.leblanc@jpl,nasa.gov

Published online: 13 April 2018

Abstract

Five TOLNet lidars participated to a validation campaign at the JPL-Table Mountain Facility, CA in August 2016. All lidars agreed within ±10% of each other and within ±7% of the ozonesondes. Centralized data processing was used to compare the uncertainty budgets. The results highlight the TOLNet potential to address science questions ranging from boundary layer processes to long range transport. TOLNet can now be seen as a robust network for use in field campaigns and long term monitoring.