Laser Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Pollutants.

Abstract

The specific tasks which were conducted during FY82 for this research program consisted of the following: (1) the initial development of a heterodyne-detection, differential-absorption LIDAR (DIAL) system, (2) the development of a computerized data acquisition and processing system for range-resolved, heterodyne-detection DIAL measurements, (3) preliminary range-resolved, heterodyne-detection DIAL measurements of atmospheric species, and (4) a study of the potential application of the continuously tunable Co:MgF2 IR laser for remote sensing of airfield pollutants and gaseous species.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1982
Accession Number
ADA130259

Entities

People

  • Aram Mooradian
  • Dennis K. Killinger
  • Norman Menyuk

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Heterodyne Detection
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Radar
  • Lasers
  • Operating Systems
  • Optical Properties
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Remote Sensing
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistical Distributions
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy