Open AccessCoherent DIAL profiling in turbulent atmosphere
Author(s) -
Aniceto Belmonte
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.12.001249
Subject(s) - dial , lidar , atmospheric optics , optics , atmospheric turbulence , heterodyne detection , turbulence , remote sensing , heterodyne (poetry) , laser beams , environmental science , laser , physics , meteorology , geology , acoustics
Because of the presence of atmospheric refractive turbulence, it is necessary to use simulations of beam propagation to examine the uncertainty added to the differential absorption lidar (DIAL) measurement process of a practical heterodyne lidar. The outcomes of our analysis illustrate the relative sensitivity of coherent DIAL systems under general atmospheric conditions and different instrument configurations.