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9 December 1994 Airborne Mie lidar with diode-pumped Nd:YAG, Nd:YLF laser for simulation of lidar system in space
Akira Kikuchi, Takashi Noguchi, Masakatsu Nakajima, Osamu Uchino, Yasuhiro Sasano, Toshikasu Itabe, Kazuhiro Asai
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Abstract
Lidar in space have been featuring as a high sensitive active sensor for global observations of aerosol, cloud, water vapor, wind vector etc. Numerous efforts have been carried out toward realization of those by many researchers. NASDA also started a space lidar program from 1990. A present status of this program is a Phase A. The Phase A was highly directed to resolve system parameters of bookstore lidars, DIAL for measurements of global aerosol density, cloud height, vertical and horizontal distribution of water vapor concentration etc. and to develop an airborne lidar system, including high power diode-pumped Nd:YAG, Nd:YLF lasers, to obtain data for simulation of space lidar. This paper will describe the airborne lidar system with diode-pumped Nd:YAG, Nd:YLF lasers under development.
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Akira Kikuchi, Takashi Noguchi, Masakatsu Nakajima, Osamu Uchino, Yasuhiro Sasano, Toshikasu Itabe, and Kazuhiro Asai "Airborne Mie lidar with diode-pumped Nd:YAG, Nd:YLF laser for simulation of lidar system in space", Proc. SPIE 2310, Lidar Techniques for Remote Sensing, (9 December 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.195852
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KEYWORDS
LIDAR

Semiconductor lasers

Nd:YAG lasers

Neodymium lasers

Airborne laser technology

Clouds

Aerosols

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