Title :
Development of a two-color dual-polarization pulsed bistatic lidar for measuring water cloud droplet size
Author :
Sugimoto, N. ; Shimizu, A. ; Matsui, I.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for Environ. Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
A new bistatic lidar is being developed for measuring water cloud particle size. The system employs a pulsed two-color Nd:YAG laser and a receiver with a polarization analyzer located at a suitable scattering angle to measure water cloud droplet size.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; clouds; drops; light scattering; measurement by laser beam; optical radar; particle size measurement; remote sensing by laser beam; Mie scattering; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; cloud particle size; dual-polarization pulsed bistatic lidar; laser transmitter; polarization analyzer; pulsed two-color Nd:YAG laser; scattering angle dependence; vertical aerosol distributions; water cloud droplet size measurement; wavelength dependence; Clouds; Goniometers; Laser radar; Mie scattering; Particle measurements; Particle scattering; Polarization; Pulse measurements; Raman scattering; Size measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967776
