Title :
An airborne lidar system for pollution detection and mapping
Author :
Ozdemir, Phillip
Author_Institution :
Skyborne Int., Smyrna, NY, USA
Abstract :
Air pollution is known to be a serious health problem in many localities. This paper describes an airborne lidar system which can be used to map the sources and extent of a wide variety of toxic pollutants. The airborne lidar system is composed of two high-rep rate narrow linewidth excimer-pumped dye laser systems which can be easily tuned across the entire UV-VIS-NIR spectral range from about 2,500 /spl Aring/ to about 11,000 /spl Aring/.
Keywords :
air pollution measurement; airborne radar; dye lasers; measurement by laser beam; optical radar; 2500 to 11000 angstrom; UV-VIS-NIR spectral range; airborne lidar system; health problem; narrow linewidth excimer-pumped dye laser systems; pollution detection; pollution mapping; toxic pollutants; Absorption; Air pollution; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Optical transmitters; Pollution measurement; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Southcon/94. Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9988-9
DOI :
10.1109/SOUTHC.1994.498150
