Aglite lidar: a portable elastic lidar system for investigating aerosol and wind motions at or around agricultural production facilities

Christian Marchant; Thomas D. Wilkerson; Gail E. Bingham; Vladimir V. Zavyalov; Jan M. Andersen; Cordell Wright; Scott S. Cornelsen; Randal S. Martin; Philip J. Silva; Jerry L. Hatfield

doi:10.1117/1.3097928

1 February 2009 Aglite lidar: a portable elastic lidar system for investigating aerosol and wind motions at or around agricultural production facilities

Christian Marchant, Thomas D. Wilkerson, Gail E. Bingham, Vladimir V. Zavyalov, Jan M. Andersen, Cordell Wright, Scott S. Cornelsen, Randal S. Martin, Philip J. Silva, Jerry L. Hatfield

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Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 033511 (February 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3097928

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 PM_2.5 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.

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Christian Marchant, Thomas D. Wilkerson, Gail E. Bingham, Vladimir V. Zavyalov, Jan M. Andersen, Cordell Wright, Scott S. Cornelsen, Randal S. Martin, Philip J. Silva, and Jerry L. Hatfield "Aglite lidar: a portable elastic lidar system for investigating aerosol and wind motions at or around agricultural production facilities," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 3(1), 033511 (1 February 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3097928

Published: 1 February 2009

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