Balloonborne lidar for cloud physics studies
Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Issue 22, pp. 5701-5708 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.45.005701
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Abstract
An innovative balloonborne microjoule lidar (MULID) has been developed within the framework of the HIBISCUS project to provide nighttime measurements of visible and subvisible cirrus and aerosols. MULID has been designed to be a low-cost and an ultralow consumption instrument, due to the remote possibilities of payload recovery and the necessity of a low-weight battery power supply. Ground tests have been performed at the Observatory of Haute Provence (France), and the first technical flight has been made from Trapani, Italy, on a stratospheric balloon; finally, the instrument has been scientifically deployed during the pre-HIBISCUS and HIBISCUS tropical campaigns in Bauru, Brazil, in February 2003 and February 2004, respectively. A description of the instrument is provided together with the results of the ground-based and flight tests as well as an overview and discussion of the first results.
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OCIS Codes
(010.1100) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Aerosol detection
(010.3640) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Lidar
(280.0280) Remote sensing and sensors : Remote sensing and sensors
(280.3640) Remote sensing and sensors : Lidar
ToC Category:
Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics
History
Original Manuscript: October 31, 2005
Revised Manuscript: January 17, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: January 18, 2006
Citation
Guido Di Donfrancesco, Francesco Cairo, Carlo Buontempo, Alberto Adriani, Maurizio Viterbini, Marcel Snels, Roberto Morbidini, Francesco Piccolo, Francesco Cardillo, Jean-Pierre Pommereau, and Anne Garnier, "Balloonborne lidar for cloud physics studies," Appl. Opt. 45, 5701-5708 (2006)
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