| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 362, 2026
31st International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 31) Held Together with the 22nd Coherent Laser Radar Conference (CLRC 22)
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| Article Number | 04012 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Lidar Measurements in the Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636204012 | |
| Published online | 09 April 2026 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636204012
New Small Mobile Ozone Lidar instrument with extended capability for stratospheric ozone monitoring (SMOL-X)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Wrightwood, California, USA Lead Author e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Published online: 9 April 2026
Abstract
In 2022-2023, the JPL Table Mountain Atmospheric Lidar Team developed several affordable, compact and automated mobile tropospheric ozone lidars (Small Mobile Ozone Lidar, or SMOL) that can be quickly deployed on the field for air quality studies and satellite validation (see companion abstract by Chouza et al.). Leveraging on technical and field deployment experience acquired with the SMOL instruments, a new system with extended capability was developed with the objective of measuring ozone throughout the lower and mid-stratosphere (up to 37 km) with a precision better than 10% for a time resolution of a few hours. The concept is similar to the SMOL systems, i.e., automated, compact, and affordable enough to deploy multiple units in a highly strategic and synergistic way. The performance of this new SMOL-X instrument will be presented, and several deployment configurations will be proposed in the context of the anticipated reduced spaceborne stratospheric ozone monitoring capability.
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