Date of Award

Spring 1999

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Program/Concentration

Electrical Engineering

Committee Director

Hani Elsayed-Ali

Committee Director

A.N. Dharamsi

Committee Member

L. Vahala

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E55 H3577

Abstract

A fiber-optic coupled lidar receiver system was constructed to determine ozone concentrations in the stratosphere. The system was used to make ground-based measurements of lidar returns from a UV DIAL system. A fiber-optic cable was used to couple the light from the receiver telescope to the light detector. Photon counting was implemented as the light detection technique. This technique allowed detection of 301 and 311 nm lidar returns up to 27.5 and 32.5 km respectively. A software application was developed to control the photon counting system and perform real-time data analysis of measured lidar returns. DIAL measurements of stratospheric ozone were obtained from the system up to 24 km.

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DOI

10.25777/adcz-3g64

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