title: Daylight rejection with a new receiver for potassium resonance temperature lidars.
abstract: For daytime operation a new receiver for potassium resonance temperature lidars was developed that includes a twin Faraday anomalous dispersion optical filter and a high-performance photon-counting avalanche photodiode instead of a photomultiplier. The design of a flat spectral filter shape over the lidar scan range avoids instrumental error on the temperature results. Initial temperature measurements under daylight conditions were realized.
authors.forename: Cord
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fricke-Begemann
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alpers
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Höffner