Rotational Vibrational?Rotational Raman Differential Absorption Lidar for Atmospheric Ozone Measurements: Methodology and Experiment Export

@article{citeulike:6081432, abstract = {A single-laser Raman differential absorption lidar (DIAL) for ozone measurements in clouds is proposed. An injection-locked XeCl excimer laser serves as the radiation source. The ozone molecule number density is calculated from the differential absorption of the anti-Stokes rotational Raman return signals from molecular nitrogen and oxygen as the on-resonance wavelength and the vibrational–rotational Raman backscattering from molecular nitrogen or oxygen as the off-resonance wavelength. Model calculations show that the main advantage of the new rotational vibrational–rotational (RVR) Raman DIAL over conventional Raman DIAL is a 70–85\% reduction in the wavelength-dependent effects of cloud-particle scattering on the measured ozone concentration; furthermore the complexity of the apparatus is reduced substantially. We describe a RVR Raman DIAL setup that uses a narrow-band interference-filter polychromator as the lidar receiver. Single-laser ozone measurements in the troposphere and lower stratosphere are presented, and it is shown that on further improvement of the receiver performance, ozone measurements in clouds are attainable with the filter–polychromator approach.}, author = {Reichardt, Jens and Bisson, Scott E. and Reichardt, Susanne and Weitkamp, Claus and Neidhart, Bernd}, citeulike-article-id = {6081432}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.39.006072}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=62510}, day = {20}, doi = {10.1364/AO.39.006072}, journal = {Appl. Opt.}, keywords = {dial, lidar, ozone, raman}, month = {November}, number = {33}, pages = {6072--6079}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 19:24:59}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Rotational Vibrational?Rotational Raman Differential Absorption Lidar for Atmospheric Ozone Measurements: Methodology and Experiment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.39.006072}, volume = {39}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6081432 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6081432 N2 - A single-laser Raman differential absorption lidar (DIAL) for ozone measurements in clouds is proposed. An injection-locked XeCl excimer laser serves as the radiation source. The ozone molecule number density is calculated from the differential absorption of the anti-Stokes rotational Raman return signals from molecular nitrogen and oxygen as the on-resonance wavelength and the vibrational–rotational Raman backscattering from molecular nitrogen or oxygen as the off-resonance wavelength. Model calculations show that the main advantage of the new rotational vibrational–rotational (RVR) Raman DIAL over conventional Raman DIAL is a 70–85% reduction in the wavelength-dependent effects of cloud-particle scattering on the measured ozone concentration; furthermore the complexity of the apparatus is reduced substantially. We describe a RVR Raman DIAL setup that uses a narrow-band interference-filter polychromator as the lidar receiver. Single-laser ozone measurements in the troposphere and lower stratosphere are presented, and it is shown that on further improvement of the receiver performance, ozone measurements in clouds are attainable with the filter–polychromator approach. IS - 33 JF - Appl. Opt. EP - 6079 TI - Rotational Vibrational?Rotational Raman Differential Absorption Lidar for Atmospheric Ozone Measurements: Methodology and Experiment PB - OSA VL - 39 SP - 6072 KW - dial KW - lidar KW - ozone KW - raman AU - Reichardt, Jens AU - Bisson, Scott AU - Reichardt, Susanne AU - Weitkamp, Claus AU - Neidhart, Bernd PY - 2000/11/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.39.006072 ER -