title: Helicopter-based lidar system for monitoring the upper ocean and terrain surface.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Chosun University, Kwangju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kwi Joo
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.lastname: Youngsikpark
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bunkin
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Serguei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pershin
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Voliak