Effect of the differential geometric form factor on differential absorption lidar measurements with topographical targets

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 5212-5217

  Bellecci, Carlo ^a   Donato, Francesco De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010942626     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.005212     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. R. M. Measures, Laser Remote Sensing: Fundamentals and Applications (Krieger, Malabar, Fla.).
2. T. Halldorsson and J. Langerholc, “Geometrical form factors for the lidar function,” Appl. Opt. 17, 240-244 (1978).
3. J. Harms, W. Lahmann, and C. Weitkamp, “Geometrical compression of lidar return signals,” Appl. Opt. 17, 1131-1135 (1978).
4. J. Harms, “Lidar return signals for coaxial and noncoaxial systems with central obstruction,” Appl. Opt. 18, 1559-1566 (1979).
5. G. H. Mount and J. W. Harder, “The measurement of tropospheric trace gases by long-path absorption: OH and ancillary gases,” in Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi,” by G. Fiocco and G. Visconti, eds. (IOS, Press, Ohmsha, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1995), Course CXXIV, “Diagnostic tools in atmospheric physics.”
6. K. A. Fredriksson, B. Galle, K. Nystrom, and S. Svanberg, “Mobile lidar system for Environmental probing,” Appl. Opt. 20, 4181-4189 (1981).
7. 2 lidar,” Appl. Opt. 21, 2275-2286 (1982).
8. E. V. Browell, A. F. Carter, S. T. Shipley, R. J. Allen, C. F. Butler, M. N. Mayo, J. H. Siviter, Jr., and W. M. Hall, “NASA multipurpose airborne DIAL system and measurements of ozone and aerosol profiles,” Appl. Opt. 22, 522-534 (1983).
9. A. L. Egeback, K. A. Fredriksson, and H. M. Hertz, “DIAL techniques for the control of sulfur dioxide emissions,” Appl. Opt. 23, 722-729 (1984).
10. H. Edner, K. Fredriksson, A. Sunesson, S. Svanberg, L. Uneus, and W. Wendt, “Mobile remote sensing system for atmospheric monitoring,” Appl. Opt. 26, 4330-4338 (1987).
11. I. S. McDermid, S. M. Godin, and L. O. Lindqvist, “Ground-based laser DIAL system for long-term measurements of stratospheric ozone,” Appl. Opt. 29, 3603-3612 (1990).
12. 2 lidar-DIAL for monitoring atmospheric pollutants at the University of Calabria,” Nuovo Cimento C 18, 463-472 (1995).