Design Study for Ground-Based Atmospheric Lidar System.

Abstract

The Ground-Based Atmospheric Lidar System (G-BALS) is a two-color lidar configuration which provides simultaneous measurements of light backscatter from laser wavelengths at 532 nm (green) and 355 nm (near UV). Light scatter measurements are implemented through photon counting for both the Rayleigh and Mie scatter phenomena. The system includes on-site data processing/reduction to obtain atmospheric molecular density and haze characteristics in the altitude region from 20 to 97 kilometers. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 29, 1980
Accession Number
ADA091955

Entities

People

  • G. W. Bethke
  • L. W. Springer
  • R. L. Franklin

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Data Processing
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Operating Systems
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Photonic Metamaterials
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Refraction
  • Repetition Rate
  • Waveplates

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers