Abstract
Density is one of the basic atmospheric parameters, and it is important for determining such diverse properties as heating rates for reentry vehicles and atmospheric transmission characteristics. This paper discusses a new two-wavelength lidar technique for the measurement of atmospheric density profiles. The technique uses a differential absorption lidar system with differential ranging. A measurement of atmospheric density is obtained using two frequencies.
© 1982 Optical Society of America
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