LIDAR RESEARCHER:
Prof. Dr. Volker G. Wulfmeyer
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: Dr. Thorsten Schaberl, Frank
Mayer
MAILING ADDRESS: Institut fuer Physik und Meteorologie,
Universitaet Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 30, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
TELEPHONE NUMBER: +49-711-459-2150
FAX NUMBER: +49-711-459-2461
E-MAIL ADDRESS: wulfmeye@uni-hohenheim.de
WEB SITE: http:// www.uni-hohenheim.de/~www120/
DATE: October 08, 2001
LIDAR LOCATION (CITY, COUNTRY, LAT., LONG.): Stuttgart,
Germany,
LAT = 48°43' N, LONG = 09°13' E
SITE ELEVATION: 407 m
PARAMETER(S) OR CONSTITUENT(S) MEASURED: Backscatter,
Water vapor, both under development
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND SPONSOR: Development in
collaboration with NCAR/ATD
MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE: DIAL
MEASUREMENT RANGE: tbd
VERTICAL RESOLUTION: tbd
FREQ. OF MEASUREMENT (TYPICALLY): tbd
MEASUREMENT TIMES (TYPICALLY): tbd
LASER TYPE AND WAVELENGTH (s): 1064nm and 532nm
for backscatter, 815 nm and 935 nm for DIAL
LASER ENERGY/PULSE: 200mJ @532nm
PULSE REPETITION RATE: 100Hz
RECEIVER SIZE AND CONFIGURATION: 0.4m, Cassegrain
DETECTORS USED: APD
SIGNAL PROCESSING: analog
ANALOG-T0-DIGITAL CONVERTER: tbd
COMPUTER: tbd
PLATFORM (if applicable): mobile
PUBLICATIONS (5 recent and/or significant):
Wulfmeyer, V., and G. Feingold, 2000: On the relationship
between relative humidity and particle backscattering coefficient
in the marine boundary layer determined with differential absorption
lidar. J. Geophys. Res., 105 D4, 4729-4741.
Wulfmeyer, V., M. Randall, A. Brewer, and R.M.
Hardesty, 2000: 2um Doppler lidar transmitter with high frequency
stability and low chirp. Opt. Lett., 25, 1228-1230.
Lenschow, D. H., V. Wulfmeyer, and C. Senff, 2000:
Measuring second-through fourth-order moments in noisy data. J.
Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, 1330-1347.
Wulfmeyer, V., and C. Walther, 2001: The future
potential of ground-based and airborne water vapor differential
absorption lidar. Part I: Theory. Appl. Opt., in press.
Wulfmeyer, V., and C. Walther, 2001: The future
potential of ground-based and airborne water vapor differential
absorption lidar. Part II: Simulations. Appl. Opt., in press.
COMMENTS:
Expected development time: 3 years
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