The establishment of a Lidar facility at Rhodes University

LIDAR is the optical equivalent of RADAR. A LIDAR facility has been established at Rhodes University using a flashlamp-pumped dye laser as the transmitter and a photomultiplier tube at the focus of a searchlight mirror as the receiver. The setting up of the receiver and transmitter as well as the de...

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Main Author:	Grant, Richard Peter James Seton
Format:	Others
Language:	English
Published:	Rhodes University 1988
Subjects:	Optical radar LIDAR Receiver Transmitter Photon counting electronics Aerosol scattering Temperature profiles Stratosphere
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001998

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spelling	ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-rhodes-vital-54452017-07-20T04:13:26ZThe establishment of a Lidar facility at Rhodes UniversityGrant, Richard Peter James SetonOptical radarLIDAROptical radarReceiverTransmitterPhoton counting electronicsAerosol scatteringTemperature profilesStratosphereLIDAR is the optical equivalent of RADAR. A LIDAR facility has been established at Rhodes University using a flashlamp-pumped dye laser as the transmitter and a photomultiplier tube at the focus of a searchlight mirror as the receiver. The setting up of the receiver and transmitter as well as the design and construction of the photon counting electronics is described. The LIDAR has been used to measure aerosol scattering ratios and temperature profiles in the stratosphere and these results are presented with the algorithms and software used to reduce the data. Finally some recommendations are made for future workRhodes UniversityFaculty of Science, Physics and Electronics1988ThesisMastersMSc177 leavespdfvital:5445http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001998EnglishGrant, Richard Peter James Seton
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description	LIDAR is the optical equivalent of RADAR. A LIDAR facility has been established at Rhodes University using a flashlamp-pumped dye laser as the transmitter and a photomultiplier tube at the focus of a searchlight mirror as the receiver. The setting up of the receiver and transmitter as well as the design and construction of the photon counting electronics is described. The LIDAR has been used to measure aerosol scattering ratios and temperature profiles in the stratosphere and these results are presented with the algorithms and software used to reduce the data. Finally some recommendations are made for future work
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The establishment of a Lidar facility at Rhodes University

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