Measuring the aerosol characteristics and density of the atmosphere by laser radar
Abstract
The experimental results are presented from laser sounding of the atmosphere on wavelengths of 530, 694.3 and 1060 nm. The inverse (general and molecular) scattering profiles were obtained. The density was calculated by the molecular scattering profile of laser radiation in the atmosphere. This value of the density was compared with the density from radiosounding measurements. A study was made of methods of processing the data from the laser sounding - the methods of approximation and the two-wave method. Conclusions are drawn regarding the spectral dependence of the aerosol dispersion coefficient.
- Publication:
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Meteorology and Hydrology, No. 11, (JPRS-63948)
- Pub Date:
- September 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975mehy.rept...21Z
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Ionospheric Sounding;
- Laser Applications;
- Particle Density (Concentration);
- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Optical Radar;
- Spectrum Analysis;
- Geophysics