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Scanning polarization lidar

PI Doina Nicolae
Operators: Livio Belegante, Dragos Ene
Participant National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics
Instrument picture

The UV depolarization eye-safe Lidar system detects Mie/Rayleigh backscattering from atmospheric molecules and aerosol particles.

The laser emission wavelength is UV 355 nm (20mJ) and the detection channels are 355 cross and 355 parallel. The laser pulse duration is 3-6 ns (at 1064 nm), repetition rate 20Hz, and the beam diameter between 3-5 mm at fwhm. The dynamic range covers 1-5 km, depending on atmosphere transmission, with 7.5 m spatial resolution. The reception has a 200mm Cassegrain telescope, and the system acquisition is analog and photon counting, with 20 MS/s analog sampling rate and 250 Mhz photon counting count rate.

The output parameters are the backscatter coefficient and the particle depolarization ratio (for 355 nm).

Instrument activity

Recent measurements

No measurements found.

Recent logs
  • Vertical measurements started (Apr 2nd, 2017)
  • Vertical measurements continued (Apr 3rd, 2017)
  • Vertical measurements (Apr 4th, 2017)
  • Vertical measurements (Apr 5th, 2017)
  • Scanning (Apr 9th, 2017)

Contact

For further information about the campaign please contact Vassilis Amiridis.

Acknowledgement

This campaign has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654109.

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