Atmospheric monitoring by lidar in an industrial area of Southern Italy

Aldo Amodeo; Paolo F. Ambrico; Salvatore Amoruso; Antonella Boselli; M. Pandolfi; Gelsomina Pappalardo; Nicola Spinelli; Raffaele Velotta

doi:10.1117/12.378182

25 February 2000 Atmospheric monitoring by lidar in an industrial area of Southern Italy

Aldo Amodeo, Paolo F. Ambrico, Salvatore Amoruso, Antonella Boselli, M. Pandolfi, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Nicola Spinelli, Raffaele Velotta

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Proceedings Volume 4070, ALT '99 International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.378182
Event: ALT'99 International Conference: Advanced Laser Technologies, 1999, Potenza-Lecce, Italy

Abstract

A lidar system able to measure simultaneously different atmospheric parameters in the lower troposphere have been developed and used to monitor the air quality of an industrial area of Southern Italy. The system is based on a Nd:YAG laser pumping two dye lasers, and on two Newtonian telescopes, equipped with periscopes for 3D mapping. One telescope is devoted to DIAL and the other to the N₂ and H₂O Raman channels, and to the elastic channels at 1064 nm, 532 nm and 355 nm. Aerosol backscattering coefficients measurements have evidenced the presence of an aerosol layer. The laser has been characterized by measuring its temporal evolution and by correlating it with atmospheric transmissivity profiles measured at different zenithal angles. Preliminary results of atmospheric pollutants concentration measurements by UV DIAL technique are also reported.

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Aldo Amodeo, Paolo F. Ambrico, Salvatore Amoruso, Antonella Boselli, M. Pandolfi, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Nicola Spinelli, and Raffaele Velotta "Atmospheric monitoring by lidar in an industrial area of Southern Italy", Proc. SPIE 4070, ALT '99 International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies, (25 February 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.378182

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