Date of Award

Summer 2003

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Program/Concentration

Electrical Engineering

Committee Director

Hani E. Elsayed-Ali

Committee Member

Vijayan K. Asari

Committee Member

Stephen A. Zahorian

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E55 S515 2003

Abstract

Atmospheric water vapor measurements are essential for the understanding of Earth's weather and radiation budget, along with the water cycle. The remote sensing Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) technique is a commanding method used for water vapor measurements from aircraft, spaceborne, and ground-based platforms. The new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) water vapor DIAL system provides great feasibility due to the weight and size limitations. The system has significantly less weight, power consumption, and noise presence, thus making it great for UAV applications.

This thesis discusses a UAV water vapor DIAL system that was designed, developed, and evaluated. The research effort was broken into three parts consisting of the laser system, the receiver system, and the data acquisition (DAQ) and software development. The new receiver system was optimized for maximum return signal and used to acquire atmospheric water vapor data using the UAV DIAL laser. The data will be analyzed and water vapor profiles were created in custom LabVIEW software programs.

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DOI

10.25777/mk3y-t733

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