The Airborne Lidar for Tropospheric Ozone (ALTO)

  • G. Ancellet
  • F. Ravetta
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Abstract

An airborne lidar has been developed for tropospheric ozone monitoring. The transmitter module is based on a solid state Nd-YAG laser to generate 3 wavelengths which are used for differential ozone measurements. The system has been successfully flown on the French Fokker 27 aircraft in 1995. Measurement ranges of 6 km were obtained with a 1 min. integration time and 300 m range resolution. Both lower tropospheric (0.5 – 5 km) and upper tropospheric ozone measurements (5–11 km) were performed. The ozone accuracy is of the order of 10%.

Keywords

Ozone Concentration Tropospheric Ozone Airborne Lidar Ozone Measurement Ozone Profile 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

Authors and Affiliations

  • G. Ancellet
    • 1
  • F. Ravetta
    • 1
  1. 1.Service d’Aéronomie du CNRSUniversité Paris 6Paris Cedex 05France

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