Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Sep 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995alab.rept.....s&link_type=abstract
Final Report, 1 Jul. 1993 - 30 Oct. 1994 Alabama Univ., Huntsville, AL. Center for Applied Optics.
Physics
Optics
Atmospheric Models, Backscattering, Design Analysis, Earth Observations (From Space), Losses, Misalignment, Optical Radar, Telescopes, Apertures, Diameters, Laser Outputs, Maximum Likelihood Estimates, Parameterization, Pulsed Lasers
Scientific paper
A brief description of enhancements made to the NASA MSFC coherent lidar model is provided. Notable improvements are the addition of routines to automatically determine the 3 dB misalignment loss angle and the backscatter value at which the probability of a good estimate (for a maximum likelihood estimator) falls to 50%. The ability to automatically generate energy/aperture parametrization (EAP) plots which include the effects of angular misalignment has been added. These EAP plots make it very easy to see that for any practical system where there is some degree of misalignment then there is an optimum telescope diameter for which the laser pulse energy required to achieve a particular sensitivity is minimized. Increasing the telescope diameter above this will result in a reduction of sensitivity. These parameterizations also clearly show that the alignment tolerances at shorter wavelengths are much stricter than those at longer wavelengths. A brief outline of the NASA MSFC AEOLUS program is given and a summary of the lidar designs considered during the program is presented. A discussion of some of the design trades is performed both in the text and in a conference publication attached as an appendix.
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