Dr. Ali Omar serves as the Branch Head for the Lidar Sciences Branch in the Science Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center.He is interested in aerosol science and the use of lidar for cloud and aerosol measurements. Dr. Omar is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
The CALIPSO automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm AH Omar, DM Winker, MA Vaughan, Y Hu, CR Trepte… – Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2009
Overview of the CALIPSO mission and CALIOP data processing algorithms DM Winker, MA Vaughan, A Omar, Y Hu, KA Powell… – Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2009
The CALIPSO lidar cloud and aerosol discrimination: Version 2 algorithm and initial assessment of performance Z Liu, M Vaughan, D Winker, C Kittaka, B Getzewich, R Kuehn, A Omar, … – Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2009
Fully automated analysis of space-based lidar data: An overview of the CALIPSO retrieval algorithms and data products MA Vaughan, SA Young, DM Winker, KA Powell, AH Omar, Z Liu, YX Hu, CA Hostetler… – Laser radar techniques for atmospheric sensing, 2004
Development of global aerosol models using cluster analysis of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) measurements AH Omar, JG Won, DM Winker, SC Yoon, O Dubovik… – Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2005
CALIPSO lidar observations of the optical properties of Saharan dust: A case study of long‐range transpo …