Helicopter-Based Lidar System for Monitoring the Upper Ocean and Terrain Surface
Applied Optics, Vol. 41, Issue 3, pp. 401-406 (2002)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.41.000401
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Abstract
A compact helicopter-based lidar system is developed and tested under laboratory and field conditions. It is shown that the lidar can measure concentrations of chlorophyll a and dissolved organic matter at the surface of water bodies, detect fluorescence spectra of ground vegetation at a distance of up to 530 m, and determine the vertical profile of light-scattering particle concentration in the upper ocean. The possibilities of the lidar system are demonstrated by detection of polluted areas at the ocean surface, by online monitoring of three-dimensional distribution of light-scattering layers, and by recognition of plant types and physiological states.
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OCIS Codes
(010.0010) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric and oceanic optics
(010.3640) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Lidar
(010.7340) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Water
Citation
Kwi Joo Lee, Youngsik Park, Alexey Bunkin, Raul Nunes, Serguei Pershin, and Konstantin Voliak, "Helicopter-Based Lidar System for Monitoring the Upper Ocean and Terrain Surface," Appl. Opt. 41, 401-406 (2002)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-41-3-401
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