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Measurements of atmospheric parameters using aerosol lidar

I. GRIGOROV1,* , G. KOLAROV2

Affiliation

  1. Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tsarigradsko blvd., Bulgaria
  2. Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tsarigradsko blvd, Bulgaria

Abstract

Lidar methods for measuring the aerosol content in the atmosphere are a robust means of control and analysis of the environmental state. Aerosol lidars allow for real time tracing and mapping the movement of aerosol layers above extensive territories, which represents a significant advantage in studying large-scale objects and phenomena in the atmosphere. Such is the general idea of the studies of the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET), consisting of 20 lidar stations spread throughout Europe. Main objectives of the project are to assure continuous observations and methodological developments, to provide multi-year continental scale database necessary to assess the impact of aerosols on the European environment and to support future satellite space-lidar missions. In this paper, an aerosol lidar with CuBrvapor laser, created in the Institute of Electronics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is presented. The results of measurements and analysis made on the atmospheric parameters are discussed. Some comparison is attempted to the satellite data obtained by CALIPSO lidar from the space..

Keywords

Laser remote sensing, Atmospheric aerosol and backscatter coefficient.

Submitted at: Aug. 1, 2007
Accepted at: Nov. 16, 2007

Citation

I. GRIGOROV, G. KOLAROV, Measurements of atmospheric parameters using aerosol lidar, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 9, Iss. 11, pp. 3549-3552 (2007)