Plenary lecture 4: implementation of a lidar system and its usage in characterization of atmospheric column

Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is a recent remote sensing system which has been gradually expanding as a network among the countries actively concerned about the atmospheric contaminants, earth radiation budget, rain variations, clean air index, etc. In this work, the design of a typical Lidar, ground or satellite based system for three or more wavelengths is explained. Essential parameters for the atmospheric characterizations such as Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), Angstrom coefficient, Single/Multiple scattering Albedo, and Aerosol Effective Radius (AEF) are explored and the required mathematics and the needed wavelengths for their determination are presented. These parameters have been calculated and plotted based on three Lidar system wavelengths of 355, 532, and 1064 nms and the data obtained from Lidars in New York and Puerto Rico. The relationship between the essential parameters presented by the plots and the atmospheric behavior is explained.