Rotational Raman lidar for obtaining aerosol scattering coefficients

Two-channel lidar signals that are composed of total rotational scattering and elastic signals provide good information about aerosol scattering coefficients. We can calculate the aerosol backscattering coefficient and extinction coefficient directly, without making any assumption or calibration. Generally, a high-spectral-resolution lidar is used for aerosol monitoring, but we have designed a new low-spectral-resolution lidar system that contains both kinds of scattering information simultaneously, and we have retrieved the aerosol scattering coefficient. The results show that there is no need to assume any relation between aerosol backscattering and extinction or to consider any wavelength calibration to determine the aerosol scattering coefficient.     

Measurements for profiles of aerosol extinction coefficient,backscatter coefficient,and lidar ratio over Wuhan in China with Raman/Mie lidar

<正>The profiles of aerosol extinction,backscatter coefficient,and lidar ratio in the lower troposphere over Wuhan are measured by a multi-channel Raman/Mie lidar.Using the lidar ratio retrieved by Raman scattering principle,the profiles of aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients are also retrieved by Mie scattering signals,without a prior assumption about their relation in the traditional pure Mie signals data analyses.The observations by both Raman and Mie are in good agreement with each other.The high coherence shows that the system is reliable,and the Mie and Raman channels are in good adjustment and have the same field of view.     

利用转动拉曼测量大气气溶胶后项散射比

利用大气的弹性散射信号与整个转动拉曼信号的比值,不需要假设任何的气溶胶的消光与后项散射比值,就可得到大气气溶胶的后项散射比。通常测量部分转动拉曼谱线之和代替全部转动拉曼谱线之和。全部的转动拉曼谱线之和是不依赖温度,但部分的转动拉曼谱线之和却是与温度有关的。因此,利用转动部分拉曼谱线之和反演大气气溶胶的后项散射比就会带来误差。模拟了随温度变化不同转动量子数的拉曼谱线之和,并且计算了由这些不同转动拉曼谱线之和反演大气气溶胶后项散射比的误差。然后文章提出了一种新的方法,不需要测量整个转动拉曼谱线之和,而只需要测量单条转动拉曼谱线及大气温度,就可以获得大气气溶胶的后项散射比。最后通过实验给出了实际测量的大气气溶胶的后项散射比的结果。     

Ultraviolet Raman lidar for high-accuracy profiling of aerosol extinction coefficient

An ultraviolet （UV） Raman lidar system at 354.7 nm has been developed for accurately measuring the aerosol extinction profiles. A spectroscopic filter combining a high-spectral-resolution grating with two narrowband mirrors is used to separate the vibrational Raman scattering signal of N2 at a central wavelength of 386.7 nm and the elastic scattering signal at 354.7 nm. The aerosol extinction is derived from the Raman scattering of N2 and the elastic scattering by the use of Raman method and Klett method, respectively. The derived results of aerosol extinction are used to compare the difference of two retrieval methods, and the preliminary experiment shows that the Raman lidar system operated in analog detection mode has the capability of measuring aerosol profiles up to a height of 3 km with a laser energy of 250 mJ and an integration time of 8 min.     

Raman-Mie方法反演气溶胶后向散射系数

传统的Klett和Fernald反演气溶胶法依赖于消光系数和后向散射系数的假设关系,给反演结果带来误差。根据纯转动拉曼后向散射系数仅是大气温度和压强的函数,设计的Raman-Mie方法用米散射和纯转动拉曼回波信号结合探空温度和大气压强共同反演气溶胶后向散射系数。不仅消除了Klett和Fernald方法引入假设带来的误差,还可避免因几何因子修正带来的影响。最后将该方法用于实验室自行研制的拉曼-米散射激光雷达,反演出了大气气溶胶后向散射系数廓线,实验结果与Klett(Fernald)方法分别进行了比较。     

Analysis of influence of atmosphere extinction to Raman lidar monitoring CO2 concentration profile

Lidar （Light detection and ranging） system monitoring of the atmosphere is a novel and powerful technique tool. The Raman lidar is well established today as a leading research tool in the study of numerous important areas in the atmospheric sciences. In this paper, the principle of Raman lidar technique measurement CO2 concentration profile is presented and the errors caused by molecular and aerosol extinction for CO2 concentration profile measurement with Raman lidar are also presented. The standard atmosphere extinction profile and ＇real-time＇ Hefei area extinction profile are used to conduct correction and the corresponding results are yielded. Simulation results with standard atmosphere mode correction indicate that the errors caused by molecule and aerosol extinction should be counted for the reason that they could reach about 8 ppm and 5 ppm respectively. The relative error caused by Hefei area extinction correction could reach about 6%. The errors caused by the two components extinction influence could produce significant changes for CO2 concentration profile and need to be counted in data processing which could improve the measurement accuracies.     

New multi-quantum number rotational Raman lidar for obtaining temperature and aerosol extinction and backscattering scattering coefficients

Aerosol and temperature are important parameters for forecasting the weather. Rotational Raman signals of atmospheric molecules and an elastic signal of the molecule and aerosol give good information about the temperature and aerosol extinction and backscattering coefficients. For a rotational Raman signal, we have designed a new kind of lidar signal receiving system which can sum different rotational quantum numbers from J=2, to 9 and J=11, to 20. This integration signal gives a good signal to noise ratio when compared with the temperature lidar system which use an interference filter for a single quantum number. From this new system, we can obtain the temperature parameter and aerosol scattering coefficient with good signal to noise ratio the (SNR) with a normal laser and a small telescope up to several kilometers. Temperature profiles and aerosol profiles show different shapes in different weather conditions. PACS 42.62.Fi; 42.68.Jg; 42.68.Ge; 42.15.Eq; 42.58.Wt     

南京北郊气溶胶质量浓度空间垂直分布反演

使用拉曼 米激光雷达在南京北郊进行常规性检测,通过分析激光雷达回波信号,借助气溶胶质量浓度的线性模型和指数模型进行气溶胶质量浓度空间垂直分布反演。为提高反演的精确度,对米散射信号进行近场修正,消除重叠因子的影响,拉曼散射信号进行小波分析等去噪方法处理。处理过的米散射信号用来反演0~3 km大气的气溶胶质量浓度,拉曼散射信号用来反演3 km~10 km大气的气溶胶质量浓度,然后通过2个信号拼接反演中低层气溶胶质量浓度。实验结果:2种模型反演的气溶胶质量浓度在不同时刻的相关性系数为0.991和0.973 6,具有一定的可信度。     

日盲紫外域拉曼激光雷达探测大气水汽技术研究

拉曼激光雷达通过探测与水汽浓度相关的大气水汽振动拉曼散射回波信号,可实现大气水汽混合比廓线的探测。然而由于振动拉曼信号非常微弱,在白天测量时振动拉曼散射光谱会淹没在太阳背景光中,多在夜间测量。为实现大气水汽的全天时测量,设计开发一套日盲紫外波段拉曼激光雷达系统。该系统选择Nd∶YAG脉冲激光器的四倍频输出-266.0 nm日盲紫外波段作为拉曼激光雷达系统的激励波长,采用镀高增益介质膜的牛顿式望远镜作为接收器,同时利用二向色镜和超窄带干涉滤光片设计高效率的高光谱分光系统,实现了大气氧气、氮气和水汽振动拉曼散射回波信号277.5,283.6和294.6 nm的精细提取。计算仿真结果表明,臭氧吸收对日盲紫外域拉曼激光雷达探测存在一定的影响,主要是探测距离的影响;氮气通道不受白天太阳背景光噪声的影响;水汽通道存在少量太阳背景光噪声,对系统探测距离略有影响。而系统信噪比计算结果表明,设计的日盲紫外域拉曼激光雷达系统可实现白天3.5 km大气水汽的探测。实际进行水汽探测时,可利用氮气和氧气通道反演出臭氧浓度廓线,修正臭氧对发射波长、各通道拉曼散射波长的吸收,进一步提升系统的探测能力和探测精度。     

非线性拉曼激光雷达系统检测CO2气体的受激拉曼过程

 利用气体的受激拉曼散射增益效应的非线性雷达技术是探测大气中的CO₂气体的重要方法，用Nd:YAG固体激光器（1 064 nm）的三倍频光（354.7 nm）注入装有CO₂和N₂高压气体的拉曼管中，气体的受激拉曼散射（SRS）过程产生两种气体的一阶斯托克斯光，用来作为拉曼雷达的发射种子光源。介绍了产生光源的实验装置，论述了SRS中气体气压变化与一阶斯托克斯光能量输出变化的定量关系，得到最佳能量输出的优化条件，并对SRS中一阶斯托克斯光产生过程的物理机制进行了讨论。并根据光源的试验结果，设计了非线性受激拉曼雷达系统，对前期的普通拉曼雷达进行了实验，得到了初步的实验结果。     

Raman Lidar Measurements of Aerosol and Cloud Optical Properties in the Troposphere

A Raman lidar has been developed with photon counting technique. Aerosol and cloud extinction coefficients are derived by nitrogen (N2) molecular Raman scatter returns in the troposphere. Both backscatter coefficients and extinction-backscatter-ratios of aerosol and cloud are presented by simultaneously combining N2 Raman and Mie-Rayleigh returns of aerosol and molecule. Ratios of extinction to backscatter between 20 sr and 70 sr are usually found for aerosol, but less than 15 sr for mid-high altitude cloud in the troposphere.     

Raman激光雷达探测气溶胶光学特性

介绍了武汉大学自行研制的Raman多通道激光雷达系统,给出了整个系统的设计原理及主要技术参量.详细描述了利用Raman激光雷达原理反演大气气溶胶消光系数、后向散射系数和激光雷达比等光学特性的方法,并对求解消光系数过程中的关键部分做了讨论分析.同时对武汉上空对流层低空大气气溶胶、云以及边界层等光学特性进行了实时探测反演.实验结果表明:该Raman多通道激光雷达系统在夜晚对低空气溶胶的垂直分布特性具有较好的探测能力,工作性能可靠.     

水汽探测拉曼激光雷达的新型光谱分光系统设计与分析

提出并设计了一套新型的大气水汽和气溶胶探测用紫外域拉曼激光雷达系统, 以二向色镜和超窄带滤光片构成高效率拉曼光谱分光系统, 实现激光雷达大气回波信号中米-瑞利散射信号、 氮气和水汽的振动拉曼散射信号的精细分离和高效率提取. 利用美国标准大气的分子散射模型和实测的大气米散射信号模型, 对分光系统的米-瑞利散射信号的抑制率、大气水汽测量的信噪比和误差进行数值仿真设计. 搭建实验系统对西安地区夜间的大气水汽进行实验观测, 并利用有云天气下实测的激光雷达回波信号, 反演获得大气后向散射比和水汽混合比的相关特性, 验证了该拉曼光谱分光系统对米-瑞利信号的抑制率达到10^-7以上量级. 理论和实验结果表明, 设计的新型拉曼光谱分光系统可以在大气后向散射比为17时, 实现水汽探测误差小于15%, 满足拉曼激光雷达系统对大气水汽的高效率探测. 关键词： 拉曼激光雷达 水汽混合比 大气后向散射比     

合肥上空大气二氧化碳Raman激光雷达探测研究

Raman激光雷达是用于大气成分探测与特性研究的有效工具.介绍了中科院安徽光学精密机械研究所自行研制的一台用于测量低对流层大气CO2时空分布的Raman激光雷达系统,并进行了一系列观测实验和对比分析.系统选用波长355nm的紫外激光作为光源,利用光子计数卡双通道采集大气中N2和CO2的Raman后向散射信号与Li-7500型H2O/CO2分析仪进行对比标定,通过反演获得了大气CO2水平与垂直方向时空分布廓线,并且获得了合肥地区大气边界层CO2的夜变化趋势.结果表明,大气CO2在空间的分布相对均匀,Raman激光雷达与CO2分析仪变化趋势一致性较好,能够对大气CO2时空分布进行有效、连续的观测.     

Raman Lidar Measurements of Aerosol and Cloud Optical Properties in the Troposphere

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Combined raman elastic-backscatter LIDAR for vertical profiling of moisture,aerosol extinction,backscatter, and LIDAR ratio

A combined Raman elastic-backscatter lidar has been developed. A XeCl excimer laser is used as the radiation source. Inelastic Raman backscatter signals are spectrally separated from the elastic signal with a filter or grating polychromator. Raman channels can be chosen to register signals from CO₂, O₂, N₂, and H₂O. Algorithms for the calculation of the water-vapor mixing ratio from the Raman signals and the particle extinction and backscatter coefficients from both elastic and inelastic backscatter signals are given. Nighttime measurements of the vertical humidity distribution up to the tropopause and of particle extinction, backscatter, and lidar ratio profiles in the boundary layer, in high-altitude water and ice clouds, and in the stratospheric aerosol layer are presented. Daytime boundary-layer measurements of moisture and particle extinction are made possible by the improved daylight suppression of the grating polychromator. Test measurements of the CO₂ mixing ratio indicate the problems for the Raman lidar technique in monitoring other trace gases than water vapor.     

A detection of atmospheric relative humidity profile by UV Raman lidar

A new spectroscopic filter constructed with a high-spectral-resolution grating and two narrow-band mirrors is designed to separate the elastic scattering and the vibrational Raman scattering spectra in an ultraviolet (UV) Raman lidar system. The density of humidity and water vapor mixing ratio are calculated from the vibrational Raman scattering signals of N₂ and H₂O. Water vapor mixing ratio is retrieved from this development. With this measured water vapor mixing ratio, the relative humidity is calculated with atmospheric temperature profile obtained by another Raman temperature lidar. Preliminary experiments and comparison results between lidar and radiosonde showed that the UV Raman lidar system has the capability for profiling the water vapor mixing ratio up to a height of 2 km with less than 10% of the uncertainty under the conditions of laser energy of 300 mJ and signal-averaging time of 10 min.     

一种无需定标的地基激光雷达气溶胶消光系数精确反演方法

如何对低云下雾霾的激光雷达探测数据进行准确定标,一直是米散射激光雷达数据反演中一个有待解决的问题.对于低云和雾霾同时出现的天气,激光很难穿透云层,不能利用大气清洁层对激光雷达信号定标.而对于探测高度小于6 km的便携式米散射激光雷达,由于探测高度较低,也很难利用大气清洁层对激光雷达数据进行定标.本文根据Fernald前向积分方程的特点,提出了一种气溶胶消光系数迭代算法.通过对反演过程进行特定设置,每经过一次迭代,利用气溶胶消光系数迭代算法得到的气溶胶消光系数反演值与其真实值之间的差值就会相应减小.经过几次迭代后,气溶胶消光系数反演值与真实值之间的差值就会小到可以忽略不计.初步反演结果表明:利用气溶胶消光系数迭代算法,无需对激光雷达探测数据定标就能精确反演出气溶胶消光系数廓线.     

Raman散射探测南京地区气溶胶光学特性

利用位于中国气象局南京综合观测基地的Rayleigh-Raman-Mie激光雷达Raman通道实测数据反演分析南京北郊气溶胶光学特性。在反演计算消光系数的过程中发现Raman信号波动很大、起伏很多,对我们反演结果带来了很大的困难,导致消光系数值波动范围达到-0.1~0.4km~(-1)。经过反复试验计算,用小波去噪解决这个问题,并将其反演结果与同一时刻同一仪器不同通道(Mie通道)反演结果进行对比,2011年3月30日晴天条件下二者消光系数都在0.05km~(-1)左右,它们的趋势具有很好的一致性,表明小波去噪能提高Raman散射反演气溶胶光学特性的准确性。     

混合溶液中CARS过程的非共振信号实验研究

相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射是一种非线性四波混频效应,但是通过探测共振信号不易进行物质成分的定量光谱分析。本文利用单频相干反斯托克斯拉曼散射光谱分析法,对不同体积比混合的乙醇溶液在远离双光子共振跃迁及其远离溶质与溶剂的特征拉曼共振态位置进行了光谱探测。通过对实验结果进行分析发现,在共振位置2 876 cm-1的信号强度随混合溶液中的乙醇的体积比增加而增加,呈二次方关系。而在远离共振态位置的非共振信号强度随混合溶液中乙醇的体积比增加而增加,且呈线性关系,进而说明了非共振信号强度随着分子数浓度N呈线性变化关系。因此,通过探测非共振信号强度与分子数浓度关系可以为混合物中特定成分的定量光谱分析提供一种研究途径。