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Design of advanced atmospheric water vapor differential absorption lidar (dial) detection system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Luck Jr., William S. DeYoung, Russell J. Refaat, Tamer F. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | The measurement of atmospheric water vapor is very important for understanding the Earth's climate and water cycle. The lidar atmospheric sensing experiment (LASE) is an instrument designed and operated by the Langley Research Center for high precision water vapor measurements. The design details of a new water vapor lidar detection system that improves the measurement sensitivity of the LASE instrument by a factor of 10 are discussed. The new system consists of an advanced, very low noise, avalanche photodiode (APD) and a state-of-the-art signal processing circuit. The new low-power system is also compact and lightweight so that it would be suitable for space flight and unpiloted atmospheric vehicles (UAV) applications. The whole system is contained on one small printed circuit board (9 x 15 sq cm). The detection system is mounted at the focal plane of a lidar receiver telescope, and the digital output is read by a personal computer with a digital data acquisition card. |
| File Size | 1677029 |
| Page Count | 42 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990054111 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3227v78x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electronics And Electrical Engineering Differential Absorption Lidar Signal To Noise Ratios Printed Circuits Avalanches Atmospheric Moisture Atmospheric Sounding Water Vapor Design Analysis Photodiodes Sensitivity Signal Processing Low Noise Low Weight Detection Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |