This article presents step-by-step applied methodology to design a 905-nm 5-kHz rep. rate diode-laser biaxial lidar ceilometer prototype beginning from the definition of initial specs, and related trade-offs to the first ...

A method for determining the calibration factor of the water vapor channel of a Raman lidar, based on zenith measurements of diffuse sunlight and on assumptions regarding some system parameters and Raman scattering models, ...

A set of three dimensionless parameters is proposed to characterize lidar systems. Two of them are based on an asymptotic approximation of the output signal-to-noise ratio as a function of the input optical power reaching ...

The behaviour of several non-independent resonant circuits is approached from coupled mode theory, the formulation of the energy (Hamiltonian) for the system and the Bethe theory for coupling through apertures. The design ...

Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diodes are the fastest classical mixers and rectifiers, with operating frequencies ranging from DC to the near infrared. Their operating principles and applications are reviewed.

This paper introduces the recent European Aerosol Research Lidar Network (EARLINET) quality-assurance efforts at instrument level. Within two dedicated campaigns and five single-site intercomparison activities, 21 EARLINET ...

EARLINET has been collecting high quality aerosol optical profiles over Europe since 2000. The comparison with automatic collected dataset of aerosol optical depth (AOD) from AERONET and MODIS demonstrates the effectiveness ...

In the framework of ACTRIS (Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure Network) summer 2012 measurement campaign (8 June–17 July 2012), EARLINET organized and performed a controlled exercise of feasibility ...