A portable imaging lidar for lower boundary layer atmospheric measurement

Xiaoqin Liu; Zaihong Hou; Laian Qin; Ningquan Weng

doi:10.1117/12.2195614

20 October 2015 A portable imaging lidar for lower boundary layer atmospheric measurement

Xiaoqin Liu, Zaihong Hou, Laian Qin, Ningquan Weng

Proceedings Volume 9645, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing XI; 96450R (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195614
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2015, Toulouse, France

Abstract

A portable imaging lidar using continuous wave(CW) laser is built for the remote sensing of aerosol in lower boundary layer. The output beam from a simple, stable powered CW laser no modulated is transmitted into the atmosphere, and backscattered light from along the visible beam path is imaged onto a charge-coupled-device (CCD) camera. It can be used to scan atmosphere from different angles. The horizontal measurements are obtained and compared with those obtained by the America Belfort model 6230A visibility meter. The horizontal results show that the average relative error is below 20%. The temporal-spatial variations of aerosol profiles in low boundary layer are presented and discuss.

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Xiaoqin Liu, Zaihong Hou, Laian Qin, and Ningquan Weng "A portable imaging lidar for lower boundary layer atmospheric measurement", Proc. SPIE 9645, Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing XI, 96450R (20 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2195614

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