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6 - Common (Broadband) Lidar Types and Associated Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2022

Chiao-Yao She  and
Jonathan S. Friedman
Chiao-Yao She
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Jonathan S. Friedman
Affiliation:
Universidad Ana G. Mendez
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Summary

In Chapter 6, we concentrate on the broadband lidars, from the point of view of the lidar equation as described in Chapter 5. Here, we describe in detail Rayleigh–Mie (elastic backscattering) lidars in regions with and without the presence of aerosols. Next, we move to polarization lidars for the study of aerosols and cloud particles. Here, we use Stokes vectors to describe the transmitting beam and Mueller matrices for optical elements and the individual scatterers in the atmosphere. We move from polarization lidar to Raman and DIAL lidar for monitoring minor species, carrying out a detailed comparison of the two techniques, including analysis of their relative uncertainties. We close with a brief overview of lidars not presented in this book, but which are nevertheless important and worth mentioning. These include airborne and spaceborne systems, particulate and air pollution monitoring systems, and those used for 3–D mapping and profiling, archeology, and other hard–target applications.

Keywords

broadband lidar, Rayleigh–Mie lidaraerosol + molecular scatteringpolarization lidaraerosol particle morphologyRaman lidardifferential absorption lidar (DIAL)lidar measurement uncertainty
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Atmospheric Lidar Fundamentals
Laser Light Scattering from Atoms and Linear Molecules
 , pp. 103 - 137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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