A mobile optical remote sensing system for environmental monitoring is described. The system, housed in afull-size truck with a laboratory floor surface of 6.0 × 2.3 m², is mainly intended for differential absorptionlidar (DIAL) applications but can also be used for laser-induced fluorescence monitoring and for absorptionmeasurements using classical light sources. The system has a 40-cm diam receiving telescope and a fullysteerable flat mirror in a transmitting/receiving dome. A Nd:YAG-pumped dye laser with auxiliary nonlinearfrequency conversion is the preferred transmitter in DIAL measurements. Measurement examples for atmospheric SO₂ and NO₂ monitoring with automatic concentration map drawings are given and further uses are discussed.

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