• DocumentCode
    2685220
  • Title

    Automatic correction of optical alignment deterioration of a continuously operated Mie lidar

  • Author

    Lagrosas, Nofel ; Takeuchi, Nobuo ; Yoshii, Yotsumi ; Kuze, Hiroaki ; Naito, Suekazu ; Okazaki, Jun ; Sone, Akihiro ; Kan, Hirohumi

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Environ. Remote Sensing, Chiba Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    15-19 Dec. 2003
  • Abstract
    Alignment of the laser beam and telescope axes is crucial to the acquisition of high quality lidar data. For a continuously operated Mie lidar, a routine alignment correction is needed to ensure that its data are not influenced by the misalignment and thus truly represent the aerosol and cloud behavior. This paper describes the operation of such a lidar system with automatic correction of optical alignment.
  • Keywords
    Mie scattering; aerosols; atmospheric measuring apparatus; clouds; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; aerosol; alignment correction; cloud; continuously operated Mie lidar; laser beam; telescope; Aerosols; Clouds; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser radar; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Telescopes; Terrestrial atmosphere;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7766-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277266
  • Filename
    1277266