"First Workshop on Mission Demonstration Satellite Lidar"
March 11,1998, Hakone Hotel Kagetsuen, Hakone, Japan
Organized by
MDS Lidar Team, Commitee for Earth Observation Systems
Earth Science and Technology Forum
Earth Science & Technology Organization
Cover (PDF file)
Preface - Contents (PDF file)
Overview of MDS-2 Project
N. Tanioka PDF file
Scientific application
Y. Sasano PDF file
Overall project organization and status
Y. Kawamura PDF file
Project organization, status and plan: Establishing researchers groups and a science team
Y. Sasano PDF file
Hardware design and development plan of Experimental Lidar In Space Equipment (ELISE)
K. Tatsumi, T. Imai, Y. Kawamura, N. Tanioka, T. Aoyagi and T. Takada PDF file
Ocular hazard probability of MDS-LIDAR
H. Koshiishi PDF file
Data acquisition requirement from application
Y. Sasano PDF file
Data acquisition and operation plan
T. Imai PDF file
Design and performance of LITE
D. Winker PDF file
Simulation of the MDS lidar from ER-2 CLS data
J. Spinhirne PDF file
LITE correlative measurements and multiple scattering estimation using airborne lidar systems
E. V. Browell PDF file
Algorithm studies needed and development plan
N. Sugimoto PDF file
An iterative algorithm using near-end boundary for stable lidar inversion
Z. Liu, N. Sugimoto, T. Kobayashi, I. Matsui and Y. Sasano PDF file
Retrieval of optical and microphysical properties of clouds from space-based lidar data
C. M. R. Platt, D. Winker, M. Vaughan and W. Hunt PDF file
Product definition and data processing requirements
N. Sugimoto PDF file
Validation requirement and plan
Y. Sasano PDF file
PIan for lidar network observation of SPM in East Asia and validation of MDS lidar data
N. Takeuchi, H. Kuze, S.-C. Yoon and H. Hu PDF file
Plan of MDS lidar validation
O. Uchino PDF file
Lidar observation of aerosols and clouds in Jakarta, Indonesia
N. Sugimoto PDF file
CRL lidar sites for MDS lidar validation
T. Itabe PDF file
Multiple scattering effects on detecting multi-layerd clouds with space-borne lidar
T. Kobayashi PDF file
Trivariate mixed lognormal distribution: A statistical model for analyzing cloud data
K. Shimizu, T. Hayasaka, N. Sugimoto and I. Matsui PDF file
Studies on ground-base experiments for verifications of a spaceborne lidar
M. Abo and C. Nagasawa PDF file
Research topics proposed
Y. Sasano PDF file
Participants List (PDF file)