A High Spectral Resolution Lidar Based on Absorption Filter - Softcover

Piironen, Paivi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1288916248 ISBN 13: 9781288916245

Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2013

Synopsis

A High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) that uses an iodine absorption filter and a tunable, narrow bandwidth Nd:YAG laser is demonstrated. The iodine absorption filter provides better performance than the Fabry-Perot etalon that it replaces. This study presents an instrument design that can be used a the basis for a design of a simple and robust lidar for the measurement of the optical properties of the atmosphere. The HSRL provides calibrated measurements of the optical properties of the atmospheric aerosols. These observations include measurements of aerosol backscatter cross sections, optical depth, backscatter phase function depolarization, and multiple scattering. The errors in the HSRL data are discussed and the effects of different errors on the measured optical parameters are shown.

Edition details

• Publisher: BiblioBazaar, LLC
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1288916248
• ISBN 13: 9781288916245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120