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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 119, 2016
The 27th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 27)
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| Article Number | 17002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Poster Session (Advances in Lidar Technologies and Techniques II) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611917002 | |
| Published online | 07 June 2016 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611917002
Implementation of Rotational Raman Channel in Multiwavelength Aerosol Lidar to Improve Measurements of Particle Extinction and Backscattering at 532 NM
1 Physics Instrumentation Center, Troitsk, Moscow Region, 142190, Russia
2 Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
3 Applied Physics Department, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain.
* Email: igorv@pic.troitsk.ru
** Email: david.n.whiteman@nasa.gov
Published online: 7 June 2016
We describe a practical implementation of rotational Raman (RR) measurements in an existing Mie-Raman lidar to obtain measurements of aerosol extinction and backscattering at 532 nm. A 2.3 nm width interference filter was used to select a spectral range characterized by low temperature sensitivity within the anti-Stokes branch of the RR spectrum. Simulations demonstrate that the temperature dependence of the scattering cross section does not exceed 1.0% in the 230-300K range making accurate correction for this dependence quite easy. With this upgrade, the NASA/GSFC multiwavelength Raman lidar has demonstrated useful α532 measurements and was used for regular observations. Examples of lidar measurements and inversion of optical data to the particle microphysics will be given in presentation.
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