Title :
A 1.57μm DIAL lidar system for range resolved measurements of atmospheric CO2
Author :
Riris, H. ; Burris, J. ; Krainak, M. ; Sun, X. ; Abshire, J.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Abstract :
We describe a lidar system based on erbium doped fiber amplifiers, designed to make range resolved measurements of CO2 within the lower atmosphere at very high precision at 1571 nm.
Keywords :
atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric optics; carbon compounds; erbium; measurement by laser beam; optical fibre amplifiers; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; remote sensing by radar; CO2; DIAL lidar system; atmospheric carbon-di-oxide measurement; differential absorption optical radar; erbium doped fiber amplifier design; range resolved measurement; wavelength 1571 nm; Absorption; Atmospheric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Laser feedback; Laser radar; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers; Signal resolution; (120.0280) Remote sensing; 280.1910 DIAL, differential absorption lidar; 280.3640 Lidar;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628543
