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- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. Thesis by Loughborough University, UK
- Provides a comprehensive description of the opto-mechanical design process for an elastic backscatter lidar
- First detailed consideration of the lidar overlap problem in the literature
- Commercial instrument developed based on this research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
In this thesis, a new lidar (light detection and ranging) ceilometer capable of monitoring cloud base and sensitive to boundary layer aerosols is introduced. The key to this novelty lies in its divided-lens design that addresses a classical lidar problem of balancing transmitter-receiver overlap and signal-to-noise ratio, along with a method for characterizing overlap in the laboratory. Enhanced sensitivity in the near-range of the instrument is achieved without compromising signal-to-noise in a design that is straightforward to manufacture for broad deployment. The instrument, its optical characterization, and its performance in the field are described. The prototype instrument described here has since formed the basis of a commercial sensor for monitoring clouds and aerosols.
High-resolution, continuous observations of clouds and aerosols are needed to reduce the large uncertainties in our current understanding of their influence on climate that have been highlighted by the International Panel on Climate Change. And as international health organizations indicate growing public health threats over the coming decades resulting from poor air quality, extensive aerosol monitoring is required to assess personal exposure to and the health impacts of anthropogenic particulates. Ground-based optical remote sensing measurements made by well-characterized instruments, such as that described in these pages, are critical to this.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Joshua D. Vande Hey
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Novel Lidar Ceilometer
Book Subtitle: Design, Implementation and Characterisation
Authors: Joshua D. Vande Hey
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12613-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12612-8Published: 03 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36601-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12613-5Published: 19 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 158
Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution