Title :
Low-altitude atmospheric measurement by high-precision polarization lidar
Author :
Umaki, Dai ; Date, Satoshi ; Noguchi, Kazuo ; Fukuchi, Tetsuo ; Miyamoto, Masakazu ; Shiina, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Chiba Inst. of Technol., Narashino, Japan
Abstract :
We examined the measurement precision of low-altitude atmospheric echo obtained by a high-precision polarization lidar. Estimation of extinction coefficient of the atmosphere and low-altitude cloud dynamics were also considered.
Keywords :
atmospheric optics; optical radar; high-precision polarization lidar; low-altitude atmospheric measurement; Atmospheric measurements; Laser radar; Polarization; Power engineering and energy; Power industry; In-Line; high-precision; lidar; lightning discharge; polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292082
