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Measurements of the urban ozone vertical profile with an airborne CO/sub 2/ DIAL

Journal Article · · Appl. Opt.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6411269

An airborne DIAL system with two color pulsed CO/sub 2/ lasers has been developed for remote measurements of ozone distributions in an urban area. The airborne CO/sub 2/ DIAL is a nadir-directed and direct range-resolved system, since the system was designed to use aerosols between an aircraft and the ground surface as a distributed target. Flight tests were successfully conducted in September 1986 over Tokyo, Japan, at a flight altitude of 5000 ft (1.7 km). The airborne CO/sub 2/ DIAL instrument and its first measurements of the vertical profile of urban ozone are described.

Research Organization:
Tohoku Institute of Technology, Yagiyama Kasumi, Sendai 980, Japan
OSTI ID:
6411269
Journal Information:
Appl. Opt.; (United States), Journal Name: Appl. Opt.; (United States) Vol. 28:5; ISSN APOPA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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