Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring

Lidar Atmospheric Monitoring
Author: Jean-Pierre Wolf (physicien).)
Publisher: SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1997
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Lidar

Lidar
Author: Claus Weitkamp
Publisher: Springer Science & Business
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2006-06-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0387251014

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.

Air Monitoring by Spectroscopic Techniques

Air Monitoring by Spectroscopic Techniques
Author: Markus W. Sigrist
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1994-03-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780471558750

Leading experts discuss the characteristics, advantages, limitations and future aspects of modern spectroscopic techniques for environmental analysis. Demonstrates how these methods can be applied to trace gas detection and assessment. Concentrates on the latest techniques--both laser and non-laser based--which offer advantages for air pollution and gas monitoring as opposed to more conventional methods. Numerous examples of applications illustrate the potential of the techniques backed up by cutting-edge information and representative data.

Industrial Applications of Laser Remote Sensing

Industrial Applications of Laser Remote Sensing
Author: Tetsuo Fukuchi
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2012
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1608053407

This e-book is an essential review of land-based laser sensing methods, such as differential absorption, Raman scattering, laser-induced fluorescence, Doppler effect methods, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, and laser ultrasonics, and their respective application to specific industrial needs, such as natural gas leak detection, hydrogen gas leak detection, pollutant detection, wind profiling for windmill sites, minor constituent monitoring and concrete structure health monitoring. Readers will gain an updated overview of laser remote sensing techniques and their applications to the industrial environment.

Laser Remote Sensing

Laser Remote Sensing
Author: Takashi Fujii
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 929
Release: 2005-06-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420030752

Information on recent progress in laser remote sensor (LIDAR) technology can be found scattered throughout numerous journal articles and conference proceedings, but until now there has been no work that summarizes recent advancements and achievements in the field in a detailed format. Laser Remote Sensing provides an up-to-date, comprehensiv

Atmospheric Air Pollution and Monitoring

Atmospheric Air Pollution and Monitoring
Author: Abderrahim Lakhouit
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2020-04-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 178985279X

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important aspect in building design due to its effect on human health and wellbeing. Generally, people spend about 90% of their time indoors where they are exposed to chemicals, particulate matters, biological contaminants and possibly carcinogens. In particular, the air quality at hospitals carries with it risks for serious health consequences for medical staff as well as patients and visitors. This book is a study of atmospheric air pollution and presents ways we can reduce its impacts on human health. It discusses tools for measuring IAQ as well as analyzes IAQ in closed buildings. It is an important documentation of air quality and its impact on human health.

LIDAR for Atmospheric Aerosol Detection

LIDAR for Atmospheric Aerosol Detection
Author: Joseph Boon Han, Ooi
Publisher: Penerbit USM
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2024-10-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 967461897X

LIDAR, otherwise known as Light Detection and Ranging, is an optical active remote sensing technique that has vast applications in numerous fields. Most impressively, LIDAR has been established as a capable tool for atmospheric studies due to its ability to probe atmospheric aerosols that are invisible to the naked eye. Although air quality monitoring stations perform admirably as atmospheric aerosol monitoring systems, the potential of LIDAR to surpass these conventional approaches in measuring air pollutant levels is evident due to its superior detection range and rapid range-resolved measurements. This monograph aims to provide an introduction to elastic backscatter LIDAR theory, design and signal processing, as well as present the reader with a review of the latest developments and applications of LIDAR in atmospheric aerosol detection. With this monograph, the authors hope to provide a stepping stone for new LIDAR researchers, students and scientific enthusiasts to begin investigating this ever expanding field of science and engineering, as well as bridge the discontinuity between textbooks and the latest advancements in LIDAR technology and experiments

Infrasound Monitoring for Atmospheric Studies

Infrasound Monitoring for Atmospheric Studies
Author: Alexis Le Pichon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 739
Release: 2010-01-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1402095082

The use of infrasound to monitor the atmosphere has, like infrasound itself, gone largely unheard of through the years. But it has many applications, and it is about time that a book is being devoted to this fascinating subject. Our own involvement with infrasound occurred as graduate students of Prof. William Donn, who had established an infrasound array at the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (now the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) of Columbia University. It was a natural outgrowth of another major activity at Lamont, using seismic waves to explore the Earth’s interior. Both the atmosphere and the solid Earth feature velocity (seismic or acoustic) gradients in the vertical which act to refract the respective waves. The refraction in turn allows one to calculate the respective background structure in these mediums, indirectly exploring locations that are hard to observe otherwise. Monitoring these signals also allows one to discover various phenomena, both natural and man-made (some of which have military applications).

Monitoring Atmospheric Water Vapour

Monitoring Atmospheric Water Vapour
Author: Niklaus Kämpfer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2012-09-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1461439086

Atmospheric water plays a key role in climate. Water vapour is the most important greenhouse gas and its condensed forms exert a profound influence on both incoming solar and outgoing infrared radiation. Unfortunately, accurate, height-resolved global-scale measurements of atmospheric humidity are difficult to obtain. The change in concentration of five orders of magnitude form the ground to the stratosphere means there is no standard instrument that will measure everywhere. This has led to different measuring techniques, all with strengths and weaknesses. This book assesses all presently available techniques that are used in monitoring networks. Special weight is given to presenting the different technical concepts, the accuracy of different sensor types, addresses calibration issues and retrieval aspects.

Solutions in LIDAR Profiling of the Atmosphere

Solutions in LIDAR Profiling of the Atmosphere
Author: Vladimir A. Kovalev
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2015-01-20
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118442199

Provides tools and techniques to identify and address distortions and to interpret data coming from Lidar sensing technology This book covers the issues encountered in separating the backscatter and transmission terms in the LIDAR equation when profiling the atmosphere with zenith-directed and vertically-scanning Lidars. Solutions in Lidar Profiling of the Atmosphere explains how to manage and interpret the Llidar signals when the uncertainties of the involved atmospheric parameters are not treatable statistically. The author discusses specific scenarios for using specific scenarios for profiling vertical aerosol loading. Solutions in Lidar Profiling of the Atmosphere emphasizes the use of common sense when interacting with potentially large distortions inherent in most inversion techniques. Addresses the systematic errors in LIDAR measurements Proposes specific methods to estimate systematic distortions Explains how to apply these methods to both simulated and real data Solutions in Lidar Profiling of the Atmosphere is written for scientists, researchers, and graduate students in Meteorology and Geophysics.