• DocumentCode
    2908649
  • Title

    Calibration and performance of a high spectral resolution lidar

  • Author

    Eloranta, Edwin W.

  • Author_Institution
    Space Sci. & Eng. Center, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-12 March 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    High spectral resolution lidar systems measure atmospheric backscatter cross section, extinction cross section and depolarization without requiring poorly supported assumptions about the nature of atmospheric scattering or unstable inversion algorithms. System calibrations are independent of variations in atmospheric attenuation or window transmission. As a result, the accuracy of measurements are directly dependent the system calibration. This paper describes the calibration of the University of Wisconsin HSRL.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric optics; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; atmospheric attenuation; atmospheric backscatter cross section; calibration method; depolarization cross section; high spectral resolution lidar system; unstable inversion algorithm; Atmospheric measurements; Calibration; Frequency measurement; Measurement by laser beam; Photonics; Receivers; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace Conference, 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Big Sky, MT
  • ISSN
    1095-323X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7350-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AERO.2011.5747400
  • Filename
    5747400