title: High spectral resolution lidar to measure optical scattering properties of atmospheric aerosols. 1: theory and instrumentation.
abstract: A high spectral resolution lidar technique to measure optical scattering properties of atmospheric aerosols is described. Light backscattered by the atmosphere from a narrowband optically pumped oscillator-amplifier dye laser is separated into its Doppler broadened molecular and elastically scattered aerosol components by a two-channel Fabry-Perot polyetalon interferometer. Aerosol optical properties, such as the backscatter ratio, optical depth, extinction cross section, scattering cross section, and the backscatter phase function, are derived from the two-channel measurements.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Shipley
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Tracy
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Eloranta
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Trauger
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Sroga
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Roesler
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Weinman