Title :
A decade of atmospheric studies using a pulsed CO2 Doppler lidar
Author :
Hardesty, R.M. ; Banta, R.M. ; Post, M.J. ; Eberhard, W.L.
Author_Institution :
Environ. Technol. Lab., NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
NOAA has operated a pulsed Doppler lidar system for more than a decade. During the period, the instrument has been used to investigate a variety of phenomena, including convection, terrain-forced and channeled flows, sea breeze evolution, aerosol climatologies, and frontal passages.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; carbon compounds; gas lasers; laser beam applications; meteorology; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; CO2; NOAA; aerosol; atmosphere meteorology; channeled flow; convection; front; lidar; measurement technique; pulsed Doppler lidar; remote sensing; sea breeze; terrain-forced; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Backscatter; Clouds; Instruments; Laser radar; Optical surface waves; Pollution measurement; Predictive models; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399302
