Measurement of average atmospheric temperature using a CO2 laser radar
Abstract
A single-ended CO2 lidar system has been used to measure the average temperature over a path between the lidar and the foothills located 5 km away. The CO2 lidar was used to measure the ratio of transmission of the P(38) to the P(20) lines in the 10-micron band of CO2. This ratio of transmission is directly related to temperature. Good correlation was obtained between the lidar-measured temperature and the thermometer-measured values.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- June 1980
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1980ApOpt..19.1794M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Optical Radar;
- Photoabsorption;
- Temperature Measurement;
- Absorptivity;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Laser Applications;
- Instrumentation and Photography;
- LIDAR;
- REMOTE SENSING;
- TEMPERATURE