Abstract

We report a series of atmospheric aerosol backscatter measurements at two widely spaced CO₂ laser wavelengths: 9.25 and 10.6 μm. Comparisons are made beween backscatter coefficient profiles at these two wavelengths up to 20-km altitude. Measurements such as those reported here can be used to assess the feasibility of coherent and they also provide a partial test of backscatter CO₂ lidar for wind measurements, model predictions.

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