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Remote Analysis of Methane Concentration in the Atmosphere with an IR Lidar System in the 3300–3430 nm Spectral Range

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A differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system based on optical parametric oscillators (OPO) with nonlinear KTA and KTP crystals is designed. The crystals allow laser radiation tuning in the IR wavelength region. A series of experiments on remote monitoring of methane along a horizontal surface sounding path in the 3300–3430 nm spectral range was carried out. Based on the experimental results, the CH4 concentrations are retrieved along a surface 800-m path in the spectral range under study with a spatial resolution of 100 m.

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The work was financially supported by the President of the Russian Federation (grant no. MK-932.2019.8) in the part of the design of the lidar system for methane concentration measurements in the real atmosphere and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 19-45-700 003) regarding laboratory measurements of OPO laser radiation absorption by methane in the informative sounding range.

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Romanovskii, O.A., Sadovnikov, S.A., Kharchenko, O.V. et al. Remote Analysis of Methane Concentration in the Atmosphere with an IR Lidar System in the 3300–3430 nm Spectral Range. Atmos Ocean Opt 33, 188–194 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856020020074

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