Shipborne measurements with a modular multipurpose mobile lidar system for tropospheric and stratospheric aerosol observations

Juergen Shaefer; Otto Schrems; Georg Beyerle; Bernd Hofer; Wolfgang Mildner; Felix A Theopold

doi:10.1117/12.275156

26 May 1997 Shipborne measurements with a modular multipurpose mobile lidar system for tropospheric and stratospheric aerosol observations

Juergen Shaefer, Otto Schrems, Georg Beyerle, Bernd Hofer, Wolfgang Mildner, Felix A Theopold

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Proceedings Volume 3104, Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275156
Event: Environmental Sensing III, 1997, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In our contribution water vapor and aerosol measurements with a new modular two wavelength Rayleigh Raman lidar instrument are described. A comparison of the data with radiosonde data are shown and the results discussed. The new mobile aerosol Raman lidar (MARL) is able to measure aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficient as well as depolarization in the altitude range 5 to 50 km. The system is operational since July 1996 and participated at the ALBATROSS (atmospheric chemistry and lidar studies above the Atlantic Ocean related to ozone and other trace gases in the tropo and stratosphere) campaign aboard the German research vessel Polarstern on a cruise from Bremerhaven, Germany to Punta Quilla, Argentina in October/November 1996. Key parts of the lidar system include a frequency doubled and tripled Nd:YAG laser, a large receiving telescope mirror (1.15 m diameter) and a sophisticated polychromator. The system's power aperture product is more than 9 Wm² on each wavelength (532 nm and 355 nm). The instrument is installed in a standard 20 ft ISO container and is operational in polar as well as tropical environments wherever a supply with electrical power is available.

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Juergen Shaefer, Otto Schrems, Georg Beyerle, Bernd Hofer, Wolfgang Mildner, and Felix A Theopold "Shipborne measurements with a modular multipurpose mobile lidar system for tropospheric and stratospheric aerosol observations", Proc. SPIE 3104, Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring, (26 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275156

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