Atmospheric LIDAR Engineering

  • Overview
  • Course Content
  • Requirements & Materials
Overview

Atmospheric LIDAR Engineering

Course Description

Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) is used for several applications and is analyzed for subsystems (transmitter, receiver, and data acquisition). This course will help you understand how LIDAR techniques are used to characterize various atmospheric constituents and parameters. By the end of this course, you will have mastered the tradeoffs among different types of LIDAR for specific applications.

Course Content

OVERVIEW OF LIDAR SYSTEMS

  • Basic principles
  • Types of LIDAR
  • Applications

OVERVIEW OF THE ATMOSPHERE

  • Structure
  • Constituents
  • The boundary layer

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS

  • Extinction
  • Backscatter
  • Sky radiance
  • Turbulence

THE LIDAR EQUATION

THE LASER TRANSMITTER SUBSYSTEM

  • Laser characteristics
  • Eye safety
  • Beam control

THE RECEIVER AND DETECTOR SUBSYSTEM

  • LIDAR optics
  • Windows, filters, lenses, and mirrors
  • Detectors

SKY BACKGROUND EQUATION

THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO

DATA ACQUISITION SUBSYSTEM

  • Analog signal processing
  • Photon counting
  • Data rates and data volumes

DATA ANALYSIS AND DATA PRODUCTS

  • Raw signal
  • Range-corrected signal
  • Scattering ratio
  • Depolarization ratio
  • Inversions

GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE LIDAR LAB

LIDAR SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO ANALYSIS EXAMPLES

  • Visible-light systems
  • Ultraviolet fluoresence
  • Infrared chemical detection
Requirements & Materials

Prerequisites

Required

  • Basic understanding of optics and electronics

Materials

Provided

  • Hard copy of the course slides
  • CD-ROM with spreadsheet implementation of the LIDAR equation
  • Sky background and signal-to-noise calculations

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for engineers, electrical engineers, optical engineers, and optical scientists.

Adult professional attending defense tech course

What You Will Learn

  • LIDAR systems overview
  • The atmosphere overview
  • Atmospheric optics
  • The LIDAR equation
  • The laser transmitter subsystem
  • The receiver and detector subsytem
  • The sky background equation
  • The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
  • Data acquisition subsystem
  • Data analysis and data products
  • Other types of LIDAR SNR examples
Defense tech professionals attending a short course

How You Will Benefit

  • Describe how LIDAR techniques are used to characterize several different atmospheric parameters.
  • Identify the best types of LIDARs for specific applications.
  • Perform tradeoffs among the engineering parameters of a LIDAR system.
  • Calculate signal-to-noise ratios for various atmospheric measurements based on lidar system parameters and atmospheric optics.
  • Operate LIDAR systems and acquire remote sensing data.
  • Identify and understand common problems in LIDAR systems and LIDAR data.
  • Evaluate the performance of LIDAR systems.
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