Lidar

Range-Resolved Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
2005
ISBN: 978-0-387-40075-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 102, 456 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 969 g

Reihe: Springer Series in Optical Sciences

Written by leading experts in optical radar, or lidar, this book brings all the recent practices up-to-date. With a Foreword by one of the founding fathers in the area. Its broad cross-disciplinary scope should appeal to scientists ranging from the view of optical sciences to environmental engineers. Optical remote sensing has matured to become a lead method for cross-disciplinary research. This new multi-authored book reviews the state-of-the-art in a readable monograph.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitkamp, Claus

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Angewandte Optik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Aeronomie, Ionosphäre, Magnetosphäre
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

to Lidar.- Polarization in Lidar.- Lidar and Multiple Scattering.- Lidar and Atmospheric Aerosol Particles.- High Spectral Resolution Lidar.- Visibility and Cloud Lidar.- Differential-Absorption Lidar for Ozone and Industrial Emissions.- Differential-Absorption Lidar for Water Vapor and Temperature Profiling.- Raman Lidar.- Temperature Measurements with Lidar.- Resonance Scattering Lidar.- Doppler Wind Lidar.- Airborne and Spaceborne Lidar.- DIAL Revisited: BELINDA and White-Light Femtosecond Lidar.

Über Autor(innen)

The editor, formerly heading a group of scientists at GKSS Research Center in Geesthacht, Germany, is now a consultant to GKSS. He carried out and supervised many projects in lidar development and applications, both theoretical and experimental. He was awarded Honorary Citizenship of the State of Tennessee and the International Committee on Laser Atmospheric Soundings (ICLAS) Lifetime Award.