Tropospheric ozone differential-absorption lidar using stimulated Raman scattering in carbon dioxide

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2269-2279

  Nakazato, Masahisa ^a   Nagai, Tomohiro ^a   Sakai, Tetsu ^a   Hirose, Yasuo ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Aerological Observatory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

DIFFERENTIAL-ABSORPTION LIDAR (DIAL); PUMP ENERGY; STOKES LINES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; OZONE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 34250711849     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.002269     Document Type: Article

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