Micropulse Lidar (MPL) Handbook
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
The micropulse lidar (MPL) is a ground-based optical remote sensing system designed primarily to determine the altitude of clouds overhead. The physical principle is the same as for radar. Pulses of energy are transmitted into the atmosphere; the energy scattered back to the transceiver is collected and measured as a time-resolved signal. From the time delay between each outgoing transmitted pulse and the backscattered signal, the distance to the scatterer is infered. Besides real-time detection of clouds, post-processing of the lidar return can also characterize the extent and properties of aerosol or other particle-laden regions.
- Research Organization:
- DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE EM Office of Science and Technology (EM-50)
- OSTI ID:
- 1020714
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SC-ARM/TR-019
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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