Workshop Lidar

Dr. Frank Wagner, Jana Preißler , Dr. Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado

(Centro de Geofísica, Universidade de Évora)

Schedule
10:00 – 12:00 LIDAR – Overview (Frank Wagner)

• Motivation (why lidar?)
• History
• Lidar – Principle
• Lidar types and measured quantities
• Main components of lidar (Laser, Photomultiplier...)
• Operating and Scientific Consequences of state-of-the-art and edge-
technologies
 

14:00 – 15:00 Aerosol Lidar – Data and Measurements (Jana Preißler)

• Lidar equation
• Klett method
• Raman method
• Primary derived quantities (backscatter- and extinction coefficients)
• Subsequent data analysis (Angstrom exponents, aerosol microphysics,...)
 

15:15 – 16:15 Aerosol and Cloud Lidar (Juan Luis Gerrero-Rascado)

• Cloud properties (Cloud optical depths, geometrical properties....)
• Polarization
 

16:30 – 17:30 Lidar of CGE = PAOLI (Frank Wagner)

• Summary of previous talks and error considerations
• Security comments for operating a lidar and especially PAOLI
• Measurement Capabilities of PAOLI
• How to operate PAOLI, preparation for the measurement (20:00-21:30)
 

20:00 – 21:30 Demonstration of Measurements (J. Preißler, J.L. Gerrero-Rascado, F. Wagner)

• Repetition: security comments
• Switch on/off lidar
• Monitoring of the operation of the instrument
• NDF optimization
• ..... Issues related to the operation of the lidar (troubleshooting etc.)