RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: Dr. Detlef Müller, Dr. Ulla Wandinger, Dr. Yuri Arshinov

MAILING ADDRESS: Institute for Tropospheric Research
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany

TELEPHONE NUMBER: ++49 341 235 2941

FAX NUMBER: ++49 341 235 2361

E-MAIL ADDRESS: ina@tropos.de

WEB SITE: http://tropos.de

DATE: 17 August 2001

LIDAR LOCATION: Leipzig, Germany, 51°,21´ N, 12°,26´ E

SITE ELEVATION: 90m asl

PARAMETER(S) OR CONSTITUENT(S) MEASURED:
· Particle backscatter coef. at 355, 532, 1064 nm
· Particle extinction coef. at 355, 532 nm
· Particle lidar ratio. at 355, 532 nm
· Depolarization ratio at 532 nm
· Temperature
· Water vapor mixing ratio / relative humidity

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND SPONSOR:
· part of the European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) to establish an aerosol climatology
· daytime temperature measurements with the pure rotational Raman technique
· sponsors: European commission, Saxon government, and IfT

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE: Raman

MEASUREMENT RANGE: 0 - 40 km

VERTICAL RESOLUTION: 60m

FREQ. OF MEASUREMENT (TYPICALLY): 3 times a week

MEASUREMENT TIMES (TYPICALLY): around noon and after sunset

LASER TYPE AND WAVELENGTH (s): Nd:YAG, 355, 532, 1064 nm

LASER ENERGY/PULSE: 1.6 J

PULSE REPETITION RATE: 30 Hz

RECEIVER SIZE AND CONFIGURATION: 1-m Cassegrain telescope

DETECTORS USED: THORN EMI Photomultipliers

SIGNAL PROCESSING: photon counting

ANALOG-T0-DIGITAL CONVERTER: -

COMPUTER: PC

PLATFORM (if applicable): ground based, non transportable

PUBLICATIONS (5 recent and/or significant):
Arshinov, Y., S. Bobrovnikov, I. Serikov, A. Ansmann, D. Althausen, I. Mattis, U. Wandinger, "Spectrally absolute instrumental approach to isolate pure rotational Raman lidar returns from nitrogen molecules of the atmosphere," in Advances in Laser Remote Sensing, A. Dabais, C. Loth, and J. Pelon, eds., (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 2001), pp. 121-124.

Bösenberg, J., A. Ansmann, J. M. Baldasano, D. Balis, C. Böckmann, B. Calpini, A. Chaikowsky, P. Flamant, A. Hågård, V. Mitev, A. Papayannis, J. Pelon, D. Resendes, J. Schneider, N. Spinelli, T. Trickl, G. Vaughan, G. Visconti, and M. Wiegner, "EARLINET: A European Aerosol Reseach Lidar Network," in Advances in Laser Remote Sensing, A. Dabais, C. Loth, and J. Pelon, eds., (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 2001), pp. 155-158.

Mattis, I., V. Jaenisch, D. Müller, K. Franke, and A. Ansmann, "Classification of Particle Extinction Profiles Derived Within the Framework of the German Lidar Network by the Use of Cluster Analysis of Backtrajectories," in Advances in Laser Remote Sensing, A. Dabais, C. Loth, and J. Pelon, eds., (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 2001), pp. 211-214.

Mattis, I., A. Ansmann, D. Althausen, V. Jaenisch, U. Wandinger, D. Müller, Y. F. Arshinov, S. M. Bobrovnikov, I. B. Serikov, "Relative-humidity Raman Lidar", submitted to Appl. Opt.