title: Optimizing a pulsed Doppler lidar.
abstract: NOAA's fieldable injection-seeded, pulsed, coherent CO(2) lidar was developed over a 5-yr period. Its performance and reliability are characterized. Techniques for calibration, alignment, collimation, and for improving detector performance and frequency stability are presented.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Cupp