Measurements and Applications
Measures profiles of aerosol extinction and effective radius in the mid-upper troposphere and stratosphere in limb viewing geometry using scattered sunlight in narrow spectral bands in the visible and near infrared.
Full Name
Aerosol Limb Imager
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers 
Geometry
Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
0.25 km vertical resolution
Waveband
10 bands in the 610 - 1560 nm wavelength range
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
HAWCSat - High-altitude Aerosols, Water vapour and Clouds sa (2031 - 2036) |