Assessment of relative error sources in IR DIAL measurement accuracy
Abstract
An assessment is made of the role the various error sources play in limiting the accuracy of infrared differential absorption lidar measurements used for the remote sensing of atmospheric species. An overview is presented of the relative contribution of each error source including the inadequate knowledge of the absorption coefficient, differential spectral reflectance, and background interference as well as measurement errors arising from signal fluctuations.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- September 1983
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1983ApOpt..22.2690M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Composition;
- Error Analysis;
- Infrared Absorption;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Molecular Absorption;
- Optical Radar;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Backscattering;
- Correlation Detection;
- Infrared Reflection;
- Instrument Errors;
- Signal Fading;
- Spectral Reflectance;
- Lasers and Masers;
- ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;
- LIDAR;
- REMOTE SENSING