Continuos Monitoring of Liquid Water Clouds and Aerosols with Dual-FOV Lidar Polarization Technique

Aerosols and Clouds: Long-term Database from Spaceborne Lidar Measurements

Examination of the traditional raman lidar technique. II. Evaluating the ratios for water vapor and aerosols.

In a companion paper [Appl. Opt. 42, 2571 (2003)] the temperature dependence of Raman scattering and its influence on the Raman and Rayleigh-Mie lidar equations were examined. New forms of the lidar equation were developed to account for this temperature sensitivity.Here those results are used to derive the temperature-dependent forms of the equations for the water vapor mixing ratio, the aeros...

New examination of the Raman lidar technique for water vapor and aerosols I: evaluating the temperature dependent lidar equations

The intent of this paper and its companion is to compile together the essential information required for the analysis of Raman lidar water vapor and aerosol data acquired using a single laser wavelength. In this first paper several details concerning the evaluation of the lidar equation when measuring Raman scattering are considered. These details include the influence of the temperature depend...

Polarization lidar for shallow water depth measurement.

A bathymetric, polarization lidar system transmitting at 532 nm and using a single photomultiplier tube is employed for applications of shallow water depth measurement. The technique exploits polarization attributes of the probed water body to isolate surface and floor returns, enabling constant fraction detection schemes to determine depth. The minimum resolvable water depth is no longer dicta...

The CALIPSO mission: Spaceborne lidar for observation of aerosols and clouds

Current uncertainties in the effects of aerosols and clouds on the Earth radiation budget limit our understanding of the climate system and the potential for global climate change. The CALIPSO satellite will use an active lidar together with passive instruments to provide vertical profiles of aerosols and clouds and their properties which will help address these uncertainties. CALIPSO will fly ...