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  • 2009 - OSA Fellows For development and availability to atmospheric research of high-spectral-resolution and volume-imaging lidar plus important data analysis methods.

Overview

Edwin W. Eloranta is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the disciplines of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and related subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics including Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications.

Recent publication venues for Eloranta's work consist of:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Among their recent papers are:

  • "AWARE: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) West Antarctic Radiation Experiment," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Ambient Aerosol Hygroscopic Growth From Combined Raman Lidar and HSRL," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Ozone depletion in the Arctic and Antarctic stratosphere induced by wildfire smoke," 2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Observations of the Development and Vertical Structure of the Lake-Breeze Circulation during the 2017 Lake Michigan Ozone Study," 2022, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • "Measurement report: Firework impacts on air quality in Metro Manila, Philippines, during the 2019 New Year revelry," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent co-authors of Eloranta include Robert E. Holz, I. A. Razenkov, Maria Cadeddu, R. A. Ferrare, and Tyler J. Thorsen, with collaborative work appearing across various scientific publications.

In 2009, they were recognized as an OSA Fellow for contributions to atmospheric research, specifically for the development and dissemination of high-spectral-resolution and volume-imaging lidar technologies, along with significant data analysis methods related to these tools.

Best Publications

  • Cloud Detection with MODIS. Part II: Validation

    S. A. Ackerman;R. E. Holz;R. Frey;E. W. Eloranta

  • The Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment.

    J. Verlinde;J. Y. Harrington;G. M. McFarquhar;V. T. Yannuzzi

  • High spectral resolution lidar to measure optical scattering properties of atmospheric aerosols. 1: Theory and instrumentation

    Scott T. Shipley;D. H. Tracy;Edwin W. Eloranta;John T. Trauger

  • Clouds at Arctic Atmospheric Observatories. Part I: Occurrence and Macrophysical Properties

    Matthew D. Shupe;Von P. Walden;Edwin Eloranta;Taneil Uttal

  • Practical Model for the Calculation of Multiply Scattered Lidar Returns

    Edwin W. Eloranta

  • Demonstration of a high-spectral-resolution lidar based on an iodine absorption filter

    P. Piironen;E. W. Eloranta

  • A Focus On Mixed-Phase Clouds

    Matthew D. Shupe;John S. Daniel;Gijs de Boer;Edwin W. Eloranta

  • Lidar Measurements of Wind in the Planetary Boundary Layer: The Method, Accuracy and Results from Joint Measurements with Radiosonde and Kytoon.

    William P. Hooper;Edwin W. Eloranta

  • Arctic Mixed-Phase Stratiform Cloud Properties from Multiple Years of Surface-Based Measurements at Two High-Latitude Locations

    Gijs de Boer;Edwin W. Eloranta;Matthew D. Shupe

  • University of Wisconsin High Spectral Resolution Lidar

    Christian J. Grund;Edwin W. Eloranta

  • Lidar Observations of Mixed Layer Dynamics: Tests of Parameterized Entrainment Models of Mixed Layer Growth Rate

    R. Boers;E. W. Eloranta;R. L. Coulter

  • A case study of pyro-convection using transport model and remote sensing data

    R. Damoah;N. Spichtinger;R. Servranckx;M. Fromm

  • Meteorology influencing springtime air quality, pollution transport, and visibility in Korea

    David A. Peterson;Edward J. Hyer;Sang-Ok Han;James H. Crawford

  • Aircraft measurements of BrO, IO, glyoxal, NO 2 , H 2 O, O 2 –O 2 and aerosol extinction profiles in the tropics: comparison with aircraft-/ship-based in situ and lidar measurements

    Rainer M. Volkamer;Rainer M. Volkamer;Sunil Baidar;Sunil Baidar;Teresa L. Campos;Sean C. Coburn;Sean C. Coburn

  • Active and widespread halogen chemistry in the tropical and subtropical free troposphere

    Siyuan Wang;Johan A. Schmidt;Johan A. Schmidt;Sunil Baidar;Sean Coburn

  • Lidar measurements of the atmospheric entrainment zone and the potential temperature jump across the top of the mixed layer

    R. Boers;E. W. Eloranta

  • On Deriving Vertical Air Motions from Cloud Radar Doppler Spectra

    Matthew D. Shupe;Pavlos Kollias;Michael Poellot;Edwin Eloranta

  • The LCL Zone and Cumulus Onset

    Nicholas P. Wilde;Roland B. Stull;Edwin W. Eloranta

  • The 5–6 December 1991 FIRE IFO II Jet Stream Cirrus Case Study: Possible Influences of Volcanic Aerosols

    Kenneth Sassen;David O'c. Starr;Gerald G. Mace;Michael R. Poellot

  • Coincident Lidar and Aircraft Observations of Entrainment into Thermals and Mixed Layers

    Timothy D. Crum;Roland B. Stull;Edwin W. Eloranta

Frequent Co-Authors

Glen Lesins
Glen Lesins Dalhousie University
Robert E. Holz
Robert E. Holz University of Wisconsin–Madison
David D. Turner
David D. Turner National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James D. Spinhirne
James D. Spinhirne University of Arizona
Matthew D. Shupe
Matthew D. Shupe University of Colorado Boulder
Thomas J. Duck
Thomas J. Duck Dalhousie University
Ann M. Fridlind
Ann M. Fridlind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Roland B. Stull
Roland B. Stull University of British Columbia
James R. Drummond
James R. Drummond Dalhousie University
Michael R. Poellot
Michael R. Poellot University of North Dakota

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