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A high spectral resolution lidar based on absorption filter
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Piironen, Paivi |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | 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. |
| File Size | 5260189 |
| Page Count | 120 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19960051015 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9c58jb11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Differential Absorption Lidar Depolarization Theses High Resolution Etalons Error Analysis Spectral Resolution Scattering Cross Sections Yag Lasers Aerosols Optical Thickness Iodine Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Thesis |
