Title :
Rayleigh-Mie lidar for accurate temperature profiling of the troposphere
Author :
Kobayashi, Takao ; Hua, Dengxin
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Eng., Fukui Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A Rayleigh-Mie scattering lidar system has been developed for temperature profiling of the troposphere using a new multi-cavity Fabry-Perot filter at 355 nm wavelength. The temperature error less than 1 K was obtained at 3.0 km altitude with a compact system.
Keywords :
Mie scattering; Rayleigh scattering; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric optics; atmospheric temperature; optical filters; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; temperature measurement; troposphere; 3.0 km; Fabry-Perot filter; Rayleigh-Mie lidar; multicavity filter; temperature error; temperature profiling; troposphere; Frequency; Laser radar; Laser theory; Mie scattering; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Temperature; Terrestrial atmosphere;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202305
