Optimal Estimation Retrievals of Aerosol Microphysical Properties from High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) and Polarimeter Data

Xu Liu1, Richard Anthony Ferrare1, Chris A Hostetler1, Sharon P Burton1, Snorre Stamnes2, Detlef Mueller3, Eduard Chemyakin4, Patricia Sawamura1 and Brian Cairns5, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (3)University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10, United Kingdom, (4)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States