Modular lidar systems for high-resolution 4-dimensional measurements of water vapor, temperature, and aerosols

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5653, Issue , 2005, Pages 220-227

  Behrendt, Andreas ^a   Wagner, Gerd ^a   Petrova, Anna ^a   Shiler, Max ^a   Pal, Sandip ^a   Schaberl, Thorsten ^a   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cr4+:YAG laser; Nd:YAG Laser; Rotational Raman lidar; Temperature; Titanium:Sapphire laser; Water vapor DIAL

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PUMPING (LASER); ROTATION; SAPPHIRE; SCANNING; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CR4+:YAG LASERS; ND:YAG LASERS; ROTATIONAL RAMAN LIDAR; TITANIUM:SAPPHIRE LASERS; WATER VAPOR DIAL;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 20344392455     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.579139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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