Download or read book Pressure Measurements Using an Airborne Differential Absorption Lidar. Part 1; Analysis of the Systematic Error Sources written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote airborne measurements of the vertical and horizontal structure of the atmospheric pressure field in the lower troposphere are made with an oxygen differential absorption lidar (DIAL). A detailed analysis of this measurement technique is provided which includes corrections for imprecise knowledge of the detector background level, the oxygen absorption fine parameters, and variations in the laser output energy. In addition, we analyze other possible sources of systematic errors including spectral effects related to aerosol and molecular scattering interference by rotational Raman scattering and interference by isotopic oxygen fines.Flamant, Cyrille N. and Schwemmer, Geary K. and Korb, C. Laurence and Evans, Keith D. and Palm, Stephen P.Goddard Space Flight CenterREMOTE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR; RAMAN SPECTRA; AEROSOLS; TROPOSPHERE; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; OPTICAL RADAR