Transportable multiple-mirror Rayleigh/Raman LIDAR

Author

Congeduti, F. ; Casadio, S. ; D´Aulerio, P. ; Baldetti, P. ; Belardinelli, F.

Author_Institution

Istituto di Fisica dell´Atmos., CNR, Rome, Italy

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. A multiple-mirror Rayleigh/Raman LIDAR has been assembled at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (Rome, Italy). The system is installed in two containers, in order to allow its deployment to remote locations. Two beams at 532 nm and 355 nm, emitted by a Nd:YAG laser, are sent vertically into the atmosphere. The former is used to measure the elastic backscatter return, while the latter is used for measuring the Raman backscatter of N/sub 2/ and water vapor.

Keywords

Raman spectra; Rayleigh scattering; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric optics; backscatter; mirrors; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; 355 nm; 532 nm; H/sub 2/O; Institute of Atmospheric Physics; Italy; N/sub 2/; Nd:YAG laser; Raman backscatter; Rome; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; atmosphere; elastic backscatter return; multiple-mirror Rayleigh/Raman LIDAR; remote locations; transportable multiple-mirror Rayleigh/Raman LIDAR; water vapor; Attenuation; Clouds; Filters; Laser radar; Microwave integrated circuits; Radiation detectors; Silicon compounds; Telescopes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910133

Filename

910133