TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementation of Micropulse Lidar at 4.5 μm and 1.5 μm for Aerosol and Cloud Study
AU - Dagan, Morann
AU - Thomas, Benjamin
AU - Gross, Barry
AU - Moshary, Fred
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/6/7
Y1 - 2016/6/7
N2 - Identifying and quantifying ambient aerosols and their interactions with clouds are important for air-quality and climate studies. Advances in infrared technologies on fiber lasers, quantum cascade lasers and IR detectors have made developing micro-pulse (low energy) IR lidar systems operating in the infrared spectral range feasible. We present in this contribution a micropulse dual channel (IR wavelength) lidar system for studying aerosol and cloud optical properties. The system operates at 1.545 μm (6472.5 cm-1) and at 4.55 μm (2197.8 cm-1) with high repetition rates and microjoule pulses. The system is intended to be coupled with an existing UV, visible, near infrared lidar system at the city college of New York, part of the CREST lidar network Preliminary backscattered signals from this system are here presented and compared to SNR simulation.
AB - Identifying and quantifying ambient aerosols and their interactions with clouds are important for air-quality and climate studies. Advances in infrared technologies on fiber lasers, quantum cascade lasers and IR detectors have made developing micro-pulse (low energy) IR lidar systems operating in the infrared spectral range feasible. We present in this contribution a micropulse dual channel (IR wavelength) lidar system for studying aerosol and cloud optical properties. The system operates at 1.545 μm (6472.5 cm-1) and at 4.55 μm (2197.8 cm-1) with high repetition rates and microjoule pulses. The system is intended to be coupled with an existing UV, visible, near infrared lidar system at the city college of New York, part of the CREST lidar network Preliminary backscattered signals from this system are here presented and compared to SNR simulation.
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U2 - 10.1051/epjconf/201611906001
DO - 10.1051/epjconf/201611906001
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84976333236
SN - 2101-6275
VL - 119
JO - EPJ Web of Conferences
JF - EPJ Web of Conferences
M1 - 06001
T2 - 27th International Laser Radar Conference, ILRC 2015
Y2 - 5 July 2015 through 10 July 2015
ER -