Title :
A short-standoff bistatic lidar system for aerosol cloud backscatter cross section measurement
Author :
Schmitt, Randal L. ; Glen, Crystal C. ; Sickafoose, Shane M. ; Shagam, Richard N. ; Santarpia, Josh ; Brockman, John E. ; Reichardt, Thomas A. ; Pack, Michael V. ; Chavez, Victor ; Boney, Craig ; Servantes, Brandon
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
A short-standoff bistatic lidar system coupled with an aerosol chamber has been built to measure aerosol optical backscatter and laser induced fluorescence cross-sections. Preliminary results show good sensitivity across all channels with high signal-to-noise ratio.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric measuring apparatus; clouds; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; aerosol chamber; aerosol cloud backscatter cross section measurement; aerosol optical backscatter; laser induced fluorescence cross-sections; short-standoff bistatic lidar system; signal-to-noise ratio; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Backscatter; Laser radar; Measurement by laser beam; Optical variables measurement; Particle measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
