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UP: Fachverband Umweltphysik
UP 4: Aerosols & Hydrological Cycle
UP 4.3: Talk
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 14:30–14:45, MOL/0213
Aerosol measurements in the Tropo- and Stratosphere by spectral splitting of Rayleigh and Mie signals with mobile lidar system VAHCOLI. — •Ronald Eixmann1, Gerd Baumgarten1, Jan Froh1, Josef Höffner1, Alsu Mauer1, Mense Mense1, Bernd Jungbluth2, Alexander Munk2, Sarah Scheuer2, and Michael Strotkamp2 — 1Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn, Germany — 2Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, Aachen, Germany
By combining a novel diode-pumped alexandrite ring laser with a narrow bandwidth (FWHM ∼3 MHz) and a tuned interferometer (FWHM ∼7.5 MHz), a separation of the atmospheric molecular and aerosol backscatter in the receiver of the mobile Lidar system (VAHCOLI) is possible. Matching the frequency of the pulsed laser from pulse to pulse with sub-MHz accuracy relative to the interferometer enables Doppler aerosol measurements with a largely reduced Rayleigh signal. This enables aerosol measurements from the ground up to an altitude of ∼25 km as well as Doppler wind measurements from the Doppler shift. The technical specifications of the VAHCOLI Lidar system (1m3) allow background-free measurements during the day and 24/7 measurement operation in the future.