LIDAR RESEARCHER: Mr. Aldo Amodeo
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:
Gelsomina Pappalardo, Salvatore Amoruso, Marco Pandolfi, Lucia
Mona
MAILING ADDRESS:
Istituto di Metodologie Avanzate di Analisi Ambientale -
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IMAAA-CNR)
C.da S. Loja, Zona Industriale - Tito Scalo I-85050 (PZ), Italy
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +39 0971 427 265
FAX NUMBER: +39 0971 427 271
E-MAIL ADDRESS: amodeo@imaaa.pz.cnr.it
WEB SITE: http://www.pz.cnr.it
DATE: 11 October 2001
LIDAR LOCATION (CITY, COUNTRY, LAT., LONG.): Tito Scalo (PZ),
Italy 40°36'N, 15°44'E
SITE ELEVATION: 820 m above sea level
PARAMETER(S) OR CONSTITUENT(S) MEASURED:
- Tropospheric pollutants (O3, NO2, SO2, Benzene, Toluene)
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND SPONSOR:
Pollution monitoring (CNR, EU, INFM, MURST)
MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE:
DIAL
MEASUREMENT RANGE:
0.2 - 2 km
VERTICAL RESOLUTION:
100 m
FREQ. OF MEASUREMENT (TYPICALLY):
special measurement campaigns
MEASUREMENT TIMES (TYPICALLY):
daytime measurements
LASER TYPE AND WAVELENGTH (s):
Ti:Sapphire laser: 250 - 450 nm
LASER ENERGY/PULSE:
15 mJ @ 400 nm; 3 mJ @ 270 nm
PULSE REPETITION RATE: 20 Hz
RECEIVER SIZE AND CONFIGURATION:
Scanning Newtonian telescope (diameter 40 cm)
DETECTORS USED: PMT
SIGNAL PROCESSING:
Analog
ANALOG-T0-DIGITAL CONVERTER:
12 bit - 40 MHz
COMPUTER: 400 MHz PC compatible
PLATFORM (if applicable): Windows
PUBLICATIONS (5 recent and/or significant):
1. P. Di Girolamo, P. F. Ambrico, A. Amodeo, A. Boselli, G. Pappalardo,
N. Spinelli, Aerosol observations by lidar in the nocturnal boundary
layer, Appl. Opt. 38, N° 21, 4585 - 4595 (1999);
2. P. F Ambrico, A. Amodeo, S. Amoruso, M. Armenante, A. Boselli,
M. Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli, R. Velotta, Monitoring
of an industrial area in Southern Italy by using a multiwavelength
lidar, Optica Applicata 29, N° 4, p. 426 - 428 (1999);
3. P. F. Ambrico, A. Amodeo, P. Di Girolamo, N. Spinelli, Sensitivity
Analysis of differential absorption lidar measurements in the
mid-infrared region, Appl. Opt. 39, N° 36, 6847 - 6865 (2000);
4. M. Pandolfi, P. F. .Ambrico, A. Amodeo, A. Boselli, P. Di Girolamo,
G. Pappalardo, N. Spinelli, Lidar measurements of aerosol extinction
and backscatter in the PBL, Selected Papers of the 20th International
Laser Radar Conference, Vichy (France, 2000), A. Dabais, C. Loth
and J. Pelon Eds., Edition del l'Ecole polytechnique, 207 -210
(2001)
5. P. Di Girolamo, P. F. Ambrico, A. Amodeo, M. Pandolfi, G. Pappalardo,
Lidar measurements of atmospheric water vapour in "Recent
Research Developments In Applied Physics", Recent Re. Devel.
Applied Phys.,4, 11 - 25 (2001);
COMMENTS:
This mobile DIAL system for pollutants monitoring will be operational
by the end of year 2001.
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