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DOI: 10.17586/1023-5086-2022-89-06-15-24
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Calibration and field test of mobile lidar for remote sensing of atmospheric methane
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Садовников С.А., Романовский О.А., Яковлев С.В., Харченко О.В., Кравцова Н.С. Калибровка и полевые испытания мобильного лидара для дистанционного зондирования метана в атмосфере // Оптический журнал. 2022. Т.89. № 6. С. 15–24. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2022-89-06-15-24
Sadovnikov S.A., Romanovskii O.A., Yakovlev S.V., Kharchenko O.V., Kravtsova N.S. Calibration and field test of mobile lidar for remote sensing of atmospheric methane [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2022. V.89. № 6. P. 15–24. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2022-89-06-15-24
S. A. Sadovnikov, O. A. Romanovskii, S. V. Yakovlev, O. V. Kharchenko, and N. S. Kravtsova, "Calibration and field test of mobile lidar for remote sensing of atmospheric methane," Journal of Optical Technology. 89(6), 320-326 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.89.000326
Subject of study. Methane concentration in near-the-surface tropospheric sensing paths was investigated under background conditions using a mobile differential absorption lidar. Aim of study. A mobile differential absorption lidar for remote sensing of atmospheric methane in the mid-infrared spectral range was designed, calibrated, and tested in natural field experiments. Method. The designed lidar enables investigation in the atmosphere using the differential absorption method. This method is based on the effect of resonant absorption of laser emission by gases. The emission source of the lidar has two operating wavelengths, one (on-line) in the center of the methane absorption line and the other (off-line) on the wing of the absorption line. The lidar signals obtained at on- and off-line wavelengths enable retrieval of the methane concentration under background conditions. Main results. The designed mobile IR differential absorption lidar for investigation of atmospheric methane is described. The mobile IR emission source of the differential absorption lidar was calibrated in the informative range of methane sensing near 3400 nm. The results of a natural field test of the mobile IR lidar for detection of atmospheric response at the calibrated sensing wavelengths and retrieval of methane background concentrations of approximately 2.0 ppm in horizontal surface atmospheric sensing paths are presented. Practical significance. The technical solutions for the design of the mobile lidar for remote methane sensing proposed in this paper enable formulation of the requirements on its further improvement aiming to increase the measurement range, design a vertical configuration for remote sensing from an aircraft, and use it at arctic latitudes.
Lidar, IR range, differential absorption, atmosphere, methane
Acknowledgements:Test field measurements of methane concentration were made within the state assignment of the Institute of Atmospheric optics of RAS, Siberian branch. Calibration of the lidar radiating source was supported by RFBR and Tomsk region within the scientific project No. 19-45-700003.
OCIS codes: 010.0280, 010.1280, 010.3640
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