Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
Issue
3
Publication Date
2-20-2009
Abstract
The Aglite Lidar is a portable scanning lidar that can be quickly deployed at agricultural and other air quality study sites. The purpose of Aglite is to map the concentration of PM10 and PM2.5 in aerosol plumes from agricultural and other sources. Aglite uses a high-repetition rate low-pulse energy 3-wavelength YAG laser with photon-counting detection together with a steerable pointing mirror to measure aerosol concentration with high spatial and temporal resolution. Aglite has been used in field campaigns in Iowa, Utah and California. The instrument is described, and performance and lidar sensitivity data are presented. The value of the lidar in aerosol plume mapping is demonstrated, as is the ability to extract wind-speed information from the lidar data
Recommended Citation
Marchant, Christian C.; Wilkerson, Thomas D.; Bingham, Gail E.; Zavyalov, Vladimir V.; Andersen, Jan Marie; Wright, Cordell B.; Cornelsen, Scott S.; Cornelsen, Randal S.; Silva, Philip J.; and Hatfield, Jerry L., "Aglite Lidar: A Portable Elastic Lidar System for Investivating Aerosol and Wind Motions at or Around Agricultural Production Facilities" (2009). Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications. Paper 84.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/sdl_pubs/84