Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Lidar theory of the HSRL
• Instrumentation
  • Introduction
    • An overview of the high resolution etalon based system
    • A short introduction to the improvements
  • Transmitter
    • Transmitter laser
    • Optics
  • Receiver
    • Optics
    • Data system
• Iodine absorption filter
• Calibration and tuning
  • Calibration theory
  • The laser wavelength locking into the iodine absorption peak
• Measurements
  • Depolarization ratio
  • Measurements of scattering ratio, aerosol backscatter cross section, and optical depth
  • Measurements of atmospheric temperature
• Error analysis
  • Error sources
  • Effects of different errors on the measured optical parameters
• Conclusions
• References
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