Title :
Antarctic Miniature Lidar
Author :
Rall, J.A.R. ; Abshire, James B. ; Cornwell, D.M. ; Marzouk, Jaouad ; Lukemire, A. ; Baker, James
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Reports on a compact, low-power lidar that has been assembled, tested, and deployed at the Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station since February 1996. The Antarctic Miniature Lidar uses commercially available, single-element semiconductor lasers (SDL-5430), a 20-cm Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, and single-photon counting (EG&G SPCM AQ-122). The authors present lidar measurements made during two polar nights, April 1996 through September 1996 and April 1997 through September 1997. The Antarctic Miniature Lidar has been designed to operate continuously during the polar night to detect the occurrence of polar stratospheric clouds which occur at altitudes of 12-27 km.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric measuring apparatus; clouds; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; stratosphere; AD 1996 04 to 1996 09; AD 1997 04 to 1997 09; AlGaAs lasers; Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station; Antarctic Miniature Lidar; Atmospheric Research Observatory; Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope; compact low-power lidar; lidar measurements; polar nights; polar stratospheric clouds; semiconductor lasers; Antarctica; Assembly; Atmospheric measurements; Clouds; Laser radar; Observatories; Semiconductor lasers; South Pole; Telescopes; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-339-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1998.676465
