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Remote Sensing Group --Instruments
A compact Raman lidar
Lidar Design Goal:
The
first design goal of the compact
Raman lidar system is to characterize boundary layer aerosol at high
spatial
resolution. The aerosol depolarization and extinction and
backscattering
coefficients will be derived from the parallel and perpendicular
elastic
signals and nitrogen Raman signals. The second
design goal is to provide boundary layer water vapor mixing ratio
profiles
using the water vapor and nitrogen Raman signals. We will demonstrate
these with ground-based observations, then seek for further funding for
its operation form the Wyoming King Air.
Status:
Photo
of the compact Raman lidar under development.
The telescope arrived on July 11, 2007. We are putting the receiving optics together.
Presentations:
- "Development of a Compact Airborne Raman Lidar for the Boundary Layer Aerosol and Water Vapor study", 7th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling, in Boulder, Colorado from June 11th-17th, 2006