Atmospheric extinction coefficient and cloud base height determination by using a single-pulse eye-safe lidar

Philippe Pierrard; Jerome Prieur; J. L. Gaumet; J. C. Heinrich; M. Cluzeau

doi:10.1117/12.221055

20 September 1995 Atmospheric extinction coefficient and cloud base height determination by using a single-pulse eye-safe lidar

Philippe Pierrard, Jerome Prieur, J. L. Gaumet, J. C. Heinrich, M. Cluzeau

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Proceedings Volume 2506, Air Pollution and Visibility Measurements; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221055
Event: European Symposium on Optics for Environmental and Public Safety, 1995, Munich, Germany

Abstract

A cloud base height indicator using a single pulse solid state laser, called ALTO, has been developped for aeronautical purposes by SOPELEM-SOFRETEC company in association with the French Meteorological Office. Meteo-France investigates a method to obtain a vertical profile of atmospheric extinction coefficient. This method is used to determine cloud height, to locate backscattering layers and to allow the identification ofthe hydrometeor nature in the lower part ofthe atmosphere (mist, fog or precipitation). The performances of this equipment in term of LIDAR capabilities were presented in detail in a previous paper 1,

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Philippe Pierrard, Jerome Prieur, J. L. Gaumet, J. C. Heinrich, and M. Cluzeau "Atmospheric extinction coefficient and cloud base height determination by using a single-pulse eye-safe lidar", Proc. SPIE 2506, Air Pollution and Visibility Measurements, (20 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221055

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