Laser remote sensing of the ocean : methods and applications /

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Author / Creator:Bunkin, A. F. (Alekseĭ Fedorovich)
Imprint:New York : John Wiley, c2001.
Description:x, 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Wiley series in lasers and applications
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4468257
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Other authors / contributors:Voli͡ak, K. I.
ISBN:0471389277 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-230) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Potential Applications of Laser Remote Sensing
  • 1.2. Airborne Laser Remote Sensing of Natural Media
  • 2. General Principles and Applications of Lidars
  • 2.1. Lidar Operation
  • 2.1.1. Airborne Lidar Instrumentation
  • 2.1.2. Structural Diagrams of Lidars
  • 2.1.2. Lasers in Lidar Transmitters
  • 2.2. Absorption and Raman-Scattering Spectroscopy in Atmosphere Monitoring
  • 2.2.1. Remote Gas Analysis by Differential Absorption
  • 2.2.2. Path IR Measurements of Gas Composition
  • 2.2.3. Equipment for Multifrequency Gas Analysis on Horizontal Atmospheric Paths Based on a Frequency-Switched CO[subscript 2] Laser
  • 2.2.4. Ground Atmosphere Gas Composition by Path Measurements
  • 2.3. Remote Gas Analysis by Spontaneous Raman Scattering of Light
  • 2.3.1. General Characterization of the Method
  • 2.3.2. Measurement of Atmospheric Gas Composition with RS Lidars
  • 2.4. Lidar Wind Measurements
  • 2.4.1. Doppler Method
  • 2.4.2. Direct Heterodyning
  • 2.4.3. Wind Measurements by Doppler Lidars
  • 3. Hydrographic Lidars: Design and Basic Applications
  • 3.1. Airborne Lidar Instrumentation
  • 3.1.1. Principal Units and Structure of Airborne Lidars
  • 3.1.2. Optical Subsystem
  • 3.1.3. Electric Circuit and Electronic Equipment
  • 3.2. Helicoptor-Based Lidar System of GPI for Remote Sensing of Earth's Surface
  • 3.3. Airborne Lidar Metrology and Calibration
  • 3.4. Autonomous Geographical Referencing of Laser Remote Sensing Data
  • 3.5. Field Testing of Hydrographic Lidars: Bathymetry
  • 3.5.1. Spectral Structure of the Experimental Return Signal
  • 3.5.2. Charts of Fluorescence of Dissolved Organics and Phytoplankton
  • 3.5.3. Depths of Spectral Component Sounding in Real Water Bodies
  • 3.5.4. Laser Spectroscopy of Petroleum and Its Products
  • 3.5.5. Field and Laboratory Tests of the GPI Helicopter-Based Lidar
  • 4. Laser Spectroscopy of Photosynthesizing Organisms in the Ocean
  • 4.1. Problem Formulation
  • 4.2. Phytoplankton Fields in the World Ocean
  • 4.3. Spectral Characteristics of Pigments in Photosynthesizing Organisms
  • 4.3.1. Laser Spectroscopy of Phytoplankton
  • 4.3.2. Temperature Dependencies of Phytoplankton Fluorescence Spectra
  • 4.3.3. Effect of Biologically Active Nonluminescent Compounds on Phytoplankton Fluorescence
  • 5. Nonlinear Raman Spectroscopy in Water Temperature Measurement
  • 5.1. Experimental Setup
  • 5.2. Experimental and Theory
  • 5.2.1. Raman-Induced Kerr-Effect Spectroscopy of Water
  • 5.2.2. Decomposition of Stretching Vibration Band of Liquid Water
  • 5.2.3. Temperature Deformation of the Spectra
  • 5.2.4. Spectrum Deformation When Changing Salt Concentration
  • 5.3. Possible Remote Recording of Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectra
  • 5.4. Raman-Induced Kerr-Effect Spectra Remotely Recorded Using Nonlinear Spectroscopy
  • 5.4.1. Remote RIKES Detection of Small Impurities
  • 5.4.2. Measuring Nonlinear Raman Spectra by Elastically Scattered Pump Waves
  • 5.4.3. Remote RIKES Spectroscopy in the Field
  • Appendix
  • A.1. Remote Laser Diagnostics of Terrestrial Higher Vegetation by Its Luminescence
  • A.2. Laser Remote Sensing of Water and Ice Temperature by Spontaneous Raman Spectra
  • References
  • Index