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  • 6 - Common (Broadband) Lidar Types and Associated Applications

  • Chiao-Yao She, Colorado State University, Jonathan S. Friedman
  • Book:
    Atmospheric Lidar Fundamentals
    Published online:
    24 February 2022
    Print publication:
    03 March 2022, pp 103-137

  • Summary

    In Chapter 6, we concentrate on the broadband lidars, from the point of view of the lidar equation as described in Chapter 5. Here, we describe in detail Rayleigh–Mie (elastic backscattering) lidars in regions with and without the presence of aerosols. Next, we move to polarization lidars for the study of aerosols and cloud particles. Here, we use Stokes vectors to describe the transmitting beam and Mueller matrices for optical elements and the individual scatterers in the atmosphere. We move from polarization lidar to Raman and DIAL lidar for monitoring minor species, carrying out a detailed comparison of the two techniques, including analysis of their relative uncertainties. We close with a brief overview of lidars not presented in this book, but which are nevertheless important and worth mentioning. These include airborne and spaceborne systems, particulate and air pollution monitoring systems, and those used for 3–D mapping and profiling, archeology, and other hard–target applications.