Aglite: A 3-wavelength lidar system for quantitative assessment of agricultural air quality and whole facility particulate emissions
Document Type
Presentation
Journal/Book Title/Conference
ASABE Annual International Meeting
Location
Dallas, TX
Publication Date
7-1-2012
Abstract
Ground based remote sensing technologies such as scanning lidar systems (light detection and ranging) are increasingly being used to characterize ambient aerosols due to key advantages (i.e., wide area of regard (10 km2), fast response time (s-1), high spatial resolution (<10 >m) and high sensitivity). Scanning lidar allows for 3D imaging of atmospheric motion and aerosol variability, which can be used to quantitatively evaluate particulate matter (PM) concentrations and emissions. Space Dynamics Laboratory, in conjunction with USDA ARS, has developed and successfully deployed a lidar system called Aglite to characterize PM in diverse settings. Aglite is a portable scanning elastic lidar system with three wavelengths (355, 532, and 1064 nm), 6 m long range bins, and an effective range from 0.5 to 15 km. Filter-based PM samplers, optical particle counters, and various meteorological instruments were deployed to provide environmental and PM conditions for use in the lidar retrieval method. The developed retrieval algorithm extracts aerosol optical parameters, which were constrained by the point measurements, and converts return signals to PM concentrations. Once calibrated, the Aglite system can map the spatial distribution and temporal variation of the PM concentrations. Whole facility or operation-based emission rates were calculated from the lidar PM data with a mass balance approach. Concentration comparisons with upwind and downwind point sensors were made to verify data quality; lidar-derived PM levels were usually in good agreement with point sensor measurements. Comparisons of lidar-based emissions with emissions estimated through other methods using point sensor data generally show good agreement.
Recommended Citation
Wojcik, M., J. Hatfield, R. Martin, K. Moore, R. Pfeiffer, J. Prueger (2012), Aglite: A 3-wavelength lidar system for quantitative assessment of agricultural air quality and whole facility particulate emissions, Presentation #121337637, 2012 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Dallas, TX, July, 2012.
