Automated Geophysical Observatory (AGO) Lidar - post Antarctic deployment performance

Author

Rall, Jonathan A R ; Cvanaugh, J. ; Campbell, James ; Abshire, James B. ; Spinhirne, James D.

Author_Institution

Laser Remote Sensing Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

6

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

3602

Abstract

A ground-based, autonomous, low-power atmospheric lidar instrument developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has been returned from an extended period on the Antarctic polar plateau. We report on the pre- and post-deployment performance of the AGO Lidar, compare the instrument performance with lidar models, and compare results with the anticipated performance of the new Automatic Weather Station (AWS) Lidar.

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; AGO Lidar; Antarctic polar plateau; Automated Geophysical Observatory; Automatic Weather Station Lidar comparison; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; ground based autonomous low-power atmospheric lidar instrument; instrument performance; lidar models; post Antarctic deployment performance; Antarctica; Instruments; Laser radar; Observatories; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical transmitters; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1027263

Filename

1027263