Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net 1680-7367 1680-7375 10 2 2010 10.5194/acpd-10-5021-2010 http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/10/5021/2010/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/10/5021/2010/acpd-10-5021-2010.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/10/5021/2010/acpd-10-5021-2010.pdf 5021 5049 2010-02-19 Remote sensing of the tropical rain forest boundary layer using pulsed Doppler lidar G. Pearson F. Davies f.davies@salford.ac.uk C. Collier Centre for Environmental Systems Research, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT, UK Halo Photonics Ltd, Leigh, Worcestershire, UK School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, UK Within the framework of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Oxidant and Particle Photochemical Processes (OP3) project, a pulsed Doppler lidar was deployed for a 3 month period in the tropical rain forest of Borneo to remotely monitor vertical and horizontal transport, aerosol distributions and clouds in the lower levels of the atmosphere. These data are presented with a view to elucidating the scales and structures of the transport processes, which effect the chemical and particulate concentrations in and above the forest canopy, for applications in the parameterisation of climate models. 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