Abstract Space-based light detection and ranging (lidar) instruments can provide important
measurements of ocean ecosystems that both complement passive ocean color …

Aerosols and clouds have important effects on Earth's climate through their effects on the
radiation budget and the cycling of water between the atmosphere and Earth's surface …

This paper provides a review of the development of profiling oceanographic lidars. These
can provide quantitative profiles of the optical properties of the water column to depths of 20 …

Polar ocean ecosystems are experiencing rapid environmental change, but measuring the
associated phytoplankton responses is challenging using traditional satellite passive ocean …

Global ocean phytoplankton biomass (Cphyto) and total particulate organic carbon (POC)
stocks have largely been characterized from space using passive ocean color …

The CALIOP instrument has demonstrated tremendous potential in terms of oceanic
detection. Nighttime measurements from spaceborne lidar increase knowledge of the …

Abstract The NASA Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic
Experiment (ACTIVATE) produced a unique dataset for research into aerosol–cloud …

Remote sensing from Earth‐observing satellites is now providing valuable information about
ocean phytoplankton distributions. This paper presents the new ocean subsurface optical …

The 2007 National Research Council (NRC) Decadal Survey on Earth Science and
Applications from Space recommended Active Sensing of CO_2 Emissions over Nights …

The primary objective of the Cloud‐Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
Observations (CALIPSO) mission is to study the climate impact of clouds and aerosols in the …