Lidar: Range-Resolved Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere [Paperback]

Written by leading experts in optical radar, or lidar, this book brings all the recent practices up-to-date. With a Foreword by one of the founding fathers in the area. Its broad cross-disciplinary scope should appeal to scientists ranging from the view of optical sciences to environmental engineers. Optical remote sensing has matured to become a lead method for cross-disciplinary research. This new multi-authored book reviews the state-of-the-art in a readable monograph.Written by leading experts in optical radar, or lidar, this book brings all the recent practices up-to-date. With a Foreword by one of the founding fathers in the area. Its broad cross-disciplinary scope should appeal to scientists ranging from the view of optical sciences to environmental engineers. Optical remote sensing has matured to become a lead method for cross-disciplinary research. This new multi-authored book reviews the state-of-the-art in a readable monograph.to Lidar.- Polarization in Lidar.- Lidar and Multiple Scattering.- Lidar and Atmospheric Aerosol Particles.- High Spectral Resolution Lidar.- Visibility and Cloud Lidar.- Differential-Absorption Lidar for Ozone and Industrial Emissions.- Differential-Absorption Lidar for Water Vapor and Temperature Profiling.- Raman Lidar.- Temperature Measurements with Lidar.- Resonance Scattering Lidar.- Doppler Wind Lidar.- Airborne and Spaceborne Lidar.- DIAL Revisited: BELINDA and White-Light Femtosecond Lidar.

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This book covers, for each of the major variants of the lidar technique, the underlying physics  how it works, its mathematics  what the relevant equations look like, the basic layout of an instrument, and examples of atmospheric properties ... . Some of the chapters contain original material that cannot be found in books or archival journals, but is presented here for the first time. ... The broad cross-interdisciplinary scope should appeal to scientists ranging from the lY