Design and performance measurements of an airborne aerosol backscatter lidarThe global winds measurement application of coherent Doppler lidar requires intensive study of the global climatology of atmospheric aerosol backscatter at infrared wavelengths. An airborne backscatter lidar is discussed, which has been developed to measure atmospheric backscatter profiles at CO2 laser wavelengths. The instrument characteristics and representative flight measurement results are presented.
Document ID
19910040185
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Menzies, Robert T. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Tratt, David M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brothers, Alan M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Dermenjian, Stephen H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Esproles, Carlos (JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)