Aerosol identification using a hybrid active/passive system

Francis M. D'Amico; Raphael P. Moon; Charles E. Davidson

doi:10.1117/12.620539

12 September 2005 Aerosol identification using a hybrid active/passive system

Francis M. D'Amico, Raphael P. Moon, Charles E. Davidson

Proceedings Volume 5887, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring VI; 58870P (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620539
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Recent experimental work has shown that passive systems such as hyperspectral FTIR and frequency-tunable IR cameras have application in detection of biological aerosols. This provided the motivation for a new detection technique, which we call Aerosol Ranging Spectroscopy (ARS), whereby a scattering LIDAR is used to augment passive spectrometer data to determine the location and optical depth of the aerosol plume. When the two systems are co-aligned or boresighted, the hybrid data product provides valuable enhancements for signal exploitation of the passive spectral data. This paper presents the motivation and theoretical basis for the ARS technique. A prototype implementation of an ARS system will also be described, along with preliminary results from recent outdoor field experiments.

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Francis M. D'Amico, Raphael P. Moon, and Charles E. Davidson "Aerosol identification using a hybrid active/passive system", Proc. SPIE 5887, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring VI, 58870P (12 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620539

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