RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: Communications Research Laboratory

MAILING ADDRESS: 4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi
Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795
Japan

TELEPHONE NUMBER: +81-42-327-7578

FAX NUMBER: +81-42-327-6103

E-MAIL ADDRESS: aruga@crl.go.jp

WEB SITE: http://

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LIDAR LOCATION (CITY, COUNTRY, LAT., LONG.): Koganei , Tokyo, Japan
Lat: 35.7 Long: 139.5

SITE ELEVATION: 122.5 m

PARAMETER(S) OR CONSTITUENT(S) MEASURED: atmosphere, satellite and space

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND SPONSOR: Laser guide star experiment
Atmospheric sensing
Satellite laser ranging
IR astronomy
Space laser communications

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE: Laser lights transmission/reception
Visible and IR camera measurement

MEASUREMENT RANGE: troposphere to space

VERTICAL RESOLUTION: e.g., within 1cm for laser ranging

FREQ. OF MEASUREMENT (TYPICALLY):

MEASUREMENT TIMES (TYPICALLY):

LASER TYPE AND WAVELENGTH (s): Nd:YAG, Dye, Ar, others
0.53um/1.06um, 0.59um, 0.48um/0.51um,
1.5um,

LASER ENERGY/PULSE: e.g., 110mJ/pulse for laser ranging

PULSE REPETITION RATE: e.g., up to 20Hz for laser guide star experiment

RECEIVER SIZE AND CONFIGURATION: 1.5m diameter telescope and many foci

DETECTORS USED: PM, APD, ICCD, IR camera