7. Atmosphere
Knowledge of the atmosphere is needed to develop efficient lidar methods for applications.
7.1 General structure
The earth's atmosphere is a gaseous film containing suspended particles: aerosols and clouds. The density of the medium is measured by pressure as a function of altitude p (z). The atmosphere is a stratified, two-dimensional medium characterized by significant horizontal movements, but in which vertical exchanges are limited in the absence of convection.
The atmosphere is characterized by :
continuously decreasing pressure from the surface;
alternating decreasing and increasing temperatures: decreasing from the surface to the tropopause, then...
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Bibliography
Bibliography
Websites
French instrumented sites with lidars
Qualair at UPMC (Paris): http://qualair.aero.jussieu.fr
SIRTA, at Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau): http://sirta.ipsl.fr/
Events
French Aerosol Congress (CFA2020): http://www.asfera.org
International Coordination Group for laser Atmospheric Studies (ICLAS)
International Laser Radar Conference (29th ILRC) : http://www.ilrc29.cn/
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