Laser Remote Sensing of the Ocean Methods and Applications

by Bunkin, Alexey F.; Voliak, Konstantin I.

• ISBN13: 9780471389279
• ISBN10: 0471389277
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-30
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Summary

Recent advances in lasers and measuring devices, as well as new capabilities in automated data acquisition, have made possible the design and practical implementation of self-sufficient lidar systems.

Author Biography

Alexey Fedorovich Bunkin is Russian physicist and researcher. Achievements include being the first to realize the nonlinear laser spectoscopy application for remote sencing of chemical contaminations in the ocean. He is a recipient of the Soviet Union State prize, 1984; International Science grantee, 1992-1995.

Konstantin I. Voliak is the author of Laser Remote Sensing of the Ocean: Methods and Applications, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction	1	(19)
Potential Applications of Laser Remote Sensing	1	(4)
Airborne Laser Remote Sensing of Natural Media	5	(15)
General Principles and Applications of Lidars	20	(48)
Lidar Operation	20	(10)
Airborne Lidar Instrumentation	20	(2)
Structural Diagrams of Lidars	22	(4)
Lasers in Lidar Transmitters	26	(4)
Absorption and Raman-Scattering Spectroscopy in Atmosphere Monitoring	30	(16)
Remote Gas Analysis by Differential Absorption	30	(9)
Path IR Measurements of Gas Composition	39	(2)
Equipment for Multifrequency Gas Analysis on Horizontal Atmospheric Paths Based on a Frequency-Switched CO2 Laser	41	(3)
Ground Atmosphere Gas Composition by Path Measurements	44	(2)
Remote Gas Analysis by Spontaneous Raman Scattering of Light	46	(14)
General Characterization of the Method	46	(11)
Measurement of Atmospheric Gas Composition with RS Lidars	57	(3)
Lidar Wind Measurements	60	(8)
Doppler Method	60	(2)
Direct Heterodyning	62	(3)
Wind Measurements by Doppler Lidars	65	(3)
Hydrographic Lidars: Design and Basic Applications	68	(63)
Airborne Lidar Instrumentation	68	(11)
Principal Units and Structure of Airborne Lidars	72	(1)
Optical Subsystem	73	(3)
Electric Circuit and Electronic Equipment	76	(3)
Helicoptor-Based Lidar System of GPI for Remote Sensing of Earth's Surface	79	(4)
Airborne Lidar Metrology and Calibration	83	(7)
Autonomous Geographical Referencing of Laser Remote Sensing Data	90	(2)
Field Testing of Hydrographic Lidars: Bathymetry	92	(39)
Spectral Structure of the Experimental Return Signal	105	(2)
Charts of Fluorescence of Dissolved Organics and Phytoplankton	107	(3)
Depths of Spectral Component Sounding in Real Water Bodies	110	(2)
Laser Spectroscopy of Petroleum and Its Products	112	(7)
Field and Laboratory Tests of the GPI Helicopter-Based Lidar	119	(12)
Laser Spectroscopy of Photosynthesizing Organisms in the Ocean	131	(19)
Problem Formulation	131	(1)
Phytoplankton Fields in the World Ocean	132	(2)
Spectral Characteristics of Pigments in Photosynthesizing Organisms	134	(16)
Laser Spectroscopy of Phytoplankton	142	(2)
Temperature Dependencies of Phytoplankton Fluorescence Spectra	144	(3)
Effect of Biologically Active Nonluminescent Compounds on Phytoplankton Fluorescence	147	(3)
Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy in Water Temperature Measurement	150	(46)
Experimental Setup	152	(2)
Experimental and Theory	154	(20)
Raman-Induced Kerr-Effect Spectroscopy of Water	157	(4)
Decomposition of Stretching Vibration Band of Liquid Water	161	(5)
Temperature Deformation of the Spectra	166	(4)
Spectrum Deformation When Changing Salt Concentration	170	(4)
Possible Remote Recording of Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectra	174	(5)
Raman-Induced Kerr-Effect Spectra Remotely Recorded Using Nonlinear Spectroscopy	179	(17)
Remote RIKES Detection of Small Impurities	182	(6)
Measuring Nonlinear Raman Spectra by Elastically Scattered Pump Waves	188	(4)
Remote RIKES Spectroscopy in the Field	192	(4)
Appendix	196	(25)
A.1 Remote Laser Diagnostics of Terrestrial Higher Vegetation by Its Luminescence	196	(10)
A.2 Laser Remote Sensing of Water and Ice Temperature by Spontaneous Raman Spectra	206	(15)
References	221	(10)
Index	231