Lidar observations of tropospheric aerosol: Hefei, China, 1997 to 1999

Author

Jun Zhou

Author_Institution

Anhui Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Acad. Sinica, Hefei, China

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

1066

Abstract

In order to get information about the optical properties of tropospheric aerosol under various atmospheric conditions, we have developed a Mie lidar system and executed accurate, intensive and long-term tropospheric aerosol measurements at 532 nm wavelength. The measurement site is located at Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, 15 km west of Hefei (31.90/spl deg/ N, 117.16/spl deg/ E), China. The lidar system is mainly composed of a Nd:YAG laser transmitter, a receiving telescope, a signal detector and a data processor.

Keywords

aerosols; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; troposphere; 1997 to 1999; 532 nm; Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics; China; Hefei; Mie lidar system; Nd:YAG laser transmitter; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; data processor; lidar observations; lidar system; long-term tropospheric aerosol measurements; measurement site; optical properties; receiving telescope; signal detector; tropospheric aerosol; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric waves; Laser radar; Mechanical variables measurement; Optical transmitters; Signal detection; Signal processing; Telescopes; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.817974

Filename

817974