RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:
Salvatore Amoruso, Antonella Boselli, Paolo Di Girolamo, Lucia Mona, Marco Pandolfi, Gelsomina Pappalardo

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.