Automatic correction of optical alignment deterioration of a continuously operated Mie lidar

Automatic correction of optical alignment deterioration of a continuously operated Mie lidar

Alignment of the laser beam and telescope axes is crucial to the acquisition of high quality lidar data. For a continuously operated Mie lidar, a routine alignment correction is needed to ensure that its data are not influenced by the misalignment and thus truly represent the aerosol and cloud behav...

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Published in:CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (IEEE Cat. No.03TH8671) Vol. 2; p. 728 vol.2
Main Authors: Lagrosas, N., Takeuchi, N., Yoshii, Y., Kuze, H., Naito, S., Okazaki, J., Sone, A., Kan, H.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2003
Subjects:
Aerosols
Clouds
Diodes
Laser beams
Laser radar
Optical pulse generation
Optical pumping
Optical sensors
Telescopes
Terrestrial atmosphere
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Summary:Alignment of the laser beam and telescope axes is crucial to the acquisition of high quality lidar data. For a continuously operated Mie lidar, a routine alignment correction is needed to ensure that its data are not influenced by the misalignment and thus truly represent the aerosol and cloud behavior. This paper describes the operation of such a lidar system with automatic correction of optical alignment.
ISBN:9780780377660
0780377664
DOI:10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277266