Tropospheric profiling of SO2 and O3 by multiwavelength DIAL

Tetsuo Fukuchi; Takashi Fujii; Naohiko Goto; Koshichi Nemoto; Nianwen Cao; Nobuo Takeuchi

doi:10.1117/12.417059

13 February 2001 Tropospheric profiling of SO₂ and O₃ by multiwavelength DIAL

Tetsuo Fukuchi, Takashi Fujii, Naohiko Goto, Koshichi Nemoto, Nianwen Cao, Nobuo Takeuchi

Proceedings Volume 4153, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417059
Event: Second International Asia-Pacific Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Environment, and Space, 2000, Sendai, Japan

Abstract

A multiwavelength differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system for measurement of trace atmospheric substances was developed. Vertical concentration profiles of SO2 in the lower troposphere were measured by three wavelength dual-DIAL (on wavelength=300.05 nm, off wavelengths=299.35 nm, 300.90 nm, with null profiles obtained at 300.05 nm) . The measurement wavelengths were chosen to minimize the effect of O3 . Measurement results showed an average SO2 concentration of 0.6 ppb for height 2000-4000 m, and the SO2 measurement error was estimated to be about 1 ppb for 150 m range resolution. Although the measured SO2 concentration was below the resolution of our system, the results show that the system is capable of measuring trace SO2 with approximately 0.15 ppm-m resolution. In addition, vertical O3 concentration profiles in the lower troposphere were measured using two identical DIAL pairs (on wavelength=285.0 nm, off wavelength=290.1 nm), from which two null profiles and two DIAL profiles were obtained simultaneously. The DIAL profiles, which showed an average O3 concentration of 42 ppb for height 1000-4000 m, agree with simultaneous O3 sonde measurements. The effect of backscatter gradients was shown to be small. The O3 measurement error was estimated to be 3.4 ppb for 150 m range resolution, or about 0.5 ppm-m.

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Tetsuo Fukuchi, Takashi Fujii, Naohiko Goto, Koshichi Nemoto, Nianwen Cao, and Nobuo Takeuchi "Tropospheric profiling of SO₂ and O₃ by multiwavelength DIAL", Proc. SPIE 4153, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring, (13 February 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417059

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