Atmospheric temperature dependence of the aerosol backscattering coefficient

In extracting vertical profiles of aerosol backscattering coefficient from lidar signals, the effects of atmospheric temperature are usually ignored. In this study, these effects are analyzed using a rotational Raman–Mie lidar system, which is capable of simultaneously measuring atmospheric temperature and vertical profiles of aerosols. A method is presented to correct the aerosol backscattering coefficient using atmospheric temperature profiles, obtained from Raman scattering signals. The differences in the extracted aerosol backscattering coefficient with and without considering temperature effects are further discussed. The backscattering coefficients for scattering off clouds are shown to be more sensitive to temperature than that of aerosols and atmosphere molecules; the aerosol backscattering coefficient is more sensitive to temperature in summer due to higher atmospheric temperatures.     

新型双通道Mach-Zehnder干涉仪多普勒测风激光雷达鉴频系统研究及仿真

Mach-Zehnder(M-Z)干涉仪可作为鉴频器件应用于多普勒测风激光雷达系统中.鉴于一般M-Z干涉仪的稳定性差,不易于调节的缺点,提出一种基于双棱镜结构的新型双通道M-Z干涉仪作为多普勒测风激光雷达鉴频器件.在进行探测原理分析的基础上,利用光学设计软件对其鉴频系统结构进行了参量优化设计和系统仿真.通过设定实验参量并进行光线追迹模拟仿真实验结果,应用反演理论获得了风速值.利用多普勒频移公式计算获得理论风速并与仿真结果进行了对比,结果表明反演仿真风速与理论风速值基本吻合,标准差为0.46m/s.此新型双通道M-Z干涉仪可以作为鉴频器件应用于多普勒测风激光雷达系统中,在光路的调节及提高系统稳定性上具有优势.     

激光雷达信号随机误差的估算

在分析随机误差来源和激光雷达数据特点的基础上,介绍一种新的随机误差计算方法——噪音比例因子方法.该方法用一次测量数据列中远处背景信号算出噪音比例因子,再由噪音比例因子求出任一距离上有用信号的随机误差.用实测的激光雷达信号进行检验,结果表明,这种方法是可靠且可行的.     

逆合成孔径成像激光雷达实包络成像算法

逆合成孔径激光成像雷达受激光调制技术以及回波相位信息易受大气湍流破坏的限制,采用常规的相位相干积累类方法得到目标二维高分辨图像很困难.针对这一情况,提出了一种基于逆Radon变换的实包络成像算法.利用回波距离脉冲压缩后的实包络信息,实现方位向的非相干积累,最终得到二维高分辨图像.通过该算法,成像系统可以使用非相干激光信号,在脉冲重复频率较低且存在大气湍流的情况下,也可以获得高质量的成像结果.仿真实验验证了此算法的有效性和优越性.     

利用紫外Mie散射激光雷达探测澳门地区沙尘暴事件

研制了一台工作波长为355nm的紫外高能Mie散射激光雷达,并利用该激光雷达在2010年一次沙尘暴事件期间对澳门上空的大气进行了探测,得到了澳门地区不同时刻的气溶胶消光系数垂直廓线。利用Fernald方法反演得到的气溶胶近地面消光系数随时间的变化与当地气象数据具有较好的一致性,气溶胶消光系数与当地可吸入颗粒物浓度的相关性达到了0.93。气溶胶垂直廓线显示,在沙尘暴来临期间存在明显的沙尘气溶胶凝集层。通过气溶胶轨迹倒推,分析了沙尘气溶胶的来源及路径。观测结果表明,该激光雷达可以在特殊天气条件下对澳门地区气溶胶进行有效探测,这将有助于深化对澳门上空气溶胶特性的研究。     

Lidar model with parameterized multiple scattering for retrieving cloud optical properties

Cirrus clouds play an important role in the climate through their optical and microphysical properties. The problem with measuring optical properties of these clouds can be partially addressed by using lidar systems. This paper presents a new model for describing the multiple scattering contribution to the backscatter signal measured by the lidar system. The new lidar equation introduced this way, expresses the backscatter signal in terms of a polynomial function of the cloud scattering coefficient. Cloud optical properties such as the extinction coefficient and lidar ratio can be deduced from the new proposed lidar equation. Moreover, some cloud microphysical properties can also be inferred from these optical properties. The method is applied to lidar data collected by the micropulsed lidar operating at Nauru under the auspices of the US Department of Energy ARM program.     

Intercomparison of ozone profiles measurements by a differential absorption lidar system and satellite instruments at Buenos Aires, Argentina

A ground-based DIfferential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) system has been implemented at CEILAP (CITEFA-CONICET) laboratory (34°33′S, 58°30′W), located in the Buenos Aires industrial suburbs. The goal is to perform measurements of the stratospheric ozone layer. Systematic measurements of ozone concentration profiles from 18 to 35 km altitude are performed since early 1999. Our measurements are carried out in 5 h in average during the night and in cloudless conditions. The DIAL system allows us to calculate directly the ozone profile from the lidar backscattering radiation since it is a self-calibrating technique. The signal processing takes into account the influence of the temperature profile on the ozone cross section. The temperature data are obtained from the radiosondes measurements performed at Ezeiza International Airport (34°30′S, 58°18′W), 27 km from DIAL station. The evolution of the stratospheric ozone profile is studied for different months. Results are compared with the data obtained by different satellites SAGE II, HALOE and GOME. The comparisons between our DIAL system and the satellite measurements show an agreement better than 20% for 20–35 km altitude range.     

Mie散射大气激光雷达回波信号消光系数边界值估算

报道了一种使用最小二乘法拟合大气激光雷达回波信号,计算消光系数边界值的算法。无云层天气条件下,利用最小二乘法对回波信号全程拟合获得大气消光系数边界值;有云层天气下,先将激光雷达信号在大气中的传输光路分段为云层区和非云层区,忽略回波信号中的云层信息,假设非云层区大气近似均匀,利用最小二乘法拟合获得大气消光系数边界值。     

Algorithms to retrieve optical properties of three component aerosols from two-wavelength backscatter and one-wavelength polarization lidar measurements considering nonsphericity of dust

We developed backward and forward types of algorithms for estimating the vertical profiles of extinction coefficients at 532 nm for three component aerosols (water-soluble, dust, and sea salt) using three-channel Mie-scattering lidar data of the backscatter (β) at 532 and 1064 nm and the depolarization ratio (δ) at 532 nm. While the water-soluble and sea-salt particles were reasonably assumed to be spherical, the dust particles were treated as randomly oriented spheroids to account for their nonsphericity. The introduction of spheroid models enabled us to more effectively use the three-channel data (i.e., 2β+1δ data) and to reduce the uncertainties caused by the assumption of spherical dust particles in our previously developed algorithms. We also performed an extensive sensitivity study to estimate retrieval errors, which showed that the errors in the extinction coefficient for each aerosol component were smaller than 30% (60%) for the backward (forward) algorithm when the measurement errors were ±5%. We demonstrated the ability of the algorithms to partition aerosol layers consisting of three aerosol components by applying them to shipborne lidar data. Comparisons with sky radiometer measurements revealed that the retrieved optical thickness and angstrom exponent of aerosols using the algorithms developed in this paper agreed well with the sky radiometer measurements (within 6%).     

湍流廓线激光雷达的研制

 对采用光波波段测量大气湍流强度廓线的湍流廓线激光雷达进行了研究。利用焦点附近的大气瑞利后向散射作为测量信标测量湍流信息，当聚焦高度不同时，可以测得不同高度的整层信息,从而可以得到一系列高度的整层湍流信息，最后通过算法得到分层的大气湍流廓线。介绍了湍流廓线激光雷达系统的组成原理和系统结构，采用像增强器的控制系统使得系统的有效测试距离达到15 km；通过与传统测量方法的对比，得出了可以作为湍流强度廓线测量工具的结论。最后展望了该系统的应用前景。