Information Content and Sensitivity of the 3β+2α Lidar Measurement System for Microphysical Retrievals

Sharon P Burton1, Xu Liu2, Eduard Chemyakin3, Chris A Hostetler1, Snorre Stamnes2, Richard Moore1, Patricia Sawamura1, Richard Anthony Ferrare1 and Kirk D Knobelspiesse4, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States