| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 119, 2016
The 27th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 27)
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| Article Number | 03003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 2 | |
| Section | Lidar for Trace Gas Monitoring I | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611903003 | |
| Published online | 07 June 2016 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611903003
Measurement of Lower-Atmospheric CO2 Concentration Distribution Using a Compact 1.6 μm DIAL
Tokyo Metropolitan University, 6-6 Asahigaoka, Hino, Tokyo 191-0065, Japan
* Email: sibata@tmu.ac.jp
Published online: 7 June 2016
Knowledge of present carbon sources and sinks including their spatial distribution and their variation in time is one of the essential information for predicting future CO2 atmospheric concentration levels. The differential absorption lidar (DIAL) is expected to measure atmospheric CO2 profiles in the atmospheric boundary layer and lower troposphere from a ground platform.
We have succeeded to develop a compact 1.6 μm DIAL system for measuring CO2 concentration profiles in the lower atmosphere. This 1.6 μm DIAL system consists of the optical parametric generator (OPG) transmitter that excited by the LD pumped Nd:YAG laser with high repetition rate and the receiving optics that included the near-infrared photomultiplier tube operating at the analog mode and a 25 cm telescope. CO2 concentration profiles were obtained up to 2.5 km altitude.
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