Airborne high spectral resolution lidar for measuring aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients

Michael Esselborn; Martin Wirth; Andreas Fix; Matthias Tesche; Gerhard Ehret

doi:10.1364/AO.47.000346

Airborne high spectral resolution lidar for measuring aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients

Michael Esselborn, Martin Wirth, Andreas Fix, Matthias Tesche, Gerhard Ehret

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Abstract

An airborne high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) based on an iodine absorption filter and a high-power frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser has been developed to measure backscatter and extinction coefficients of aerosols and clouds. The instrument was operated aboard the Falcon 20 research aircraft of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) during the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment in May-June 2006 to measure optical properties of Saharan dust. A detailed description of the lidar system, the analysis of its data products, and measurements of backscatter and extinction coefficients of Saharan dust are presented. The system errors are discussed and airborne HSRL results are compared to ground-based Raman lidar and sunphotometer measurements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	346-358
Number of pages	13
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	47
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.47.000346
Publication status	Published - 14 Jan 2008

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