Advanced water-vapor lidar detection system for aircraft and space deployment

Tamer F. Refaat; William S. Luck Jr.; Russell J. De Young

doi:10.1117/12.366419

20 October 1999 Advanced water-vapor lidar detection system for aircraft and space deployment

Tamer F. Refaat, William S. Luck Jr., Russell J. De Young

Proceedings Volume 3756, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research III; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366419
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

An advanced compact differential absorption lidar detection system for atmospheric water vapor measurement is reported. This system interfaces the lidar receiver telescope to a personal computer and contains an advanced avalanche photodiode detector, signal conditioning circuit, 14-bit, 10 MHz digitizer and a microcontroller. The whole system was realized on one electronic card. Characterization results indicate low noise with reduced size, reduced mass and an extended measurement range over current lidar detection systems. The new system can be incorporated in spacecraft lidar systems. Simulated lidar return measurements were performed with the new system in order to obtain its minimum detectable signal limits.

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Tamer F. Refaat, William S. Luck Jr., and Russell J. De Young "Advanced water-vapor lidar detection system for aircraft and space deployment", Proc. SPIE 3756, Optical Spectroscopic Techniques and Instrumentation for Atmospheric and Space Research III, (20 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366419

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