Maui mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MALT) Na lidar enterprise

Chad G. Carlson; Gary R. Swenson; Peter Dragic; Alan Liu

doi:10.1117/12.625889

Maui mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MALT) Na lidar enterprise

Chad G. Carlson, Gary R. Swenson, Peter Dragic, Alan Liu

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Abstract

Na Wind/Temperature lidar offers a method to study the dynamics and thermal structure of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MALT) through Doppler methods. The University of Illinois system has been operated at both the USAF Starfire Optical Range in Albuquerque, NM (94, 98-00') and at the USAF AMOS Maui facilities with receiving mirrors that are 3.5 m in diameter. An autonomous receiving system is being developed which will provide unrestricted and continuous operational capabilities. The bi-static operational receivers will be coupled with multiple fibers so that Na (589 nm) returns from the MALT region and Rayleigh (355 nm) returns from the stratosphere and mesosphere can be received simultaneously. The system will be described with attention to increased efficiencies in the receiver.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	59790W
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5979
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.625889
State	Published - 2005
Event	Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere X - Bruges, Belgium Duration: Sep 19 2005 → Sep 21 2005

Keywords

Mesosphere and lower thermosphere
Remote sensing
Resonance lidar

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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