LOSA-MS lidar for investigation of aerosol fields in the troposphere

G. S. Bairashin; Yurii S. Balin; Arkadii D. Ershov; Grigorii P. Kokhanenko; I. E. Penner

doi:10.1117/1.1979491

1 July 2005 LOSA-MS lidar for investigation of aerosol fields in the troposphere

G. S. Bairashin, Yurii S. Balin, Arkadii D. Ershov, Grigorii P. Kokhanenko, I. E. Penner

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 44, Issue 7, 071209 (July 2005). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1979491

Abstract

The LOSA-MS combined small-sized single-wavelength backscatter lidar is described whose operation is based on the effects of Raman and elastic scattering. To extend the range of sounding, lidar returns are registered simultaneously in analog and photon counting regimes. A photodetector system for wavelength and polarization selection of lidar signals is described. The basic physical principles of laser sounding and methods of solving the lidar equation to retrieve information on the optical-physical state of examined objects are presented. Examples of using the LOSA-MS lidar for monitoring of spatiotemporal distribution of aerosol pollutants above an industrial center are given together with examples of investigation of the aerosol field structure under background atmospheric conditions.

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G. S. Bairashin, Yurii S. Balin, Arkadii D. Ershov, Grigorii P. Kokhanenko, and I. E. Penner "LOSA-MS lidar for investigation of aerosol fields in the troposphere," Optical Engineering 44(7), 071209 (1 July 2005). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1979491

Published: 1 July 2005

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