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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 20, 2017
VIII International Conference “Solar-Terrestrial Relations and Physics of Earthquake Precursors”
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| Article Number | 01002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Atmosphere Physics and Solar-Terrestrial Relations | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20172001002 | |
| Published online | 24 October 2017 | |
Role of excited atoms in Lidar measurements of the middle and upper atmosphere
Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation FEB RAS (IKIR FEB RAS), 684034, Mirnaya str., 7, Paratunka, Elizovskiy district, Kamchatka, Russia
* e-mail: vasily.v.bychkov@gmail.com
⁎⁎ e-mail: d72156@gmail.com
The paper presents the results of a lidar study of the atmosphere in the altitude region of 25-400 km, obtained at the lidar station of Kamchatka in 2008-2016. The development of methods for lidar measurements and signal processing is discussed. The method that takes into account the aftereffects of photoelectric multipliers and the technique to measure the background signal is described. These tools allow the authors to include the mesosphere and the upper atmosphere into the altitude region investigated by the lidar method. The results of the investigation of the backscattering lidar signal from the altitude region of 100-400 km caused by the resonance scattering on exited components of upper atmosphere are discussed.
Key words: atmosphere / lidar / stratosphere / mesosphere / scattering / sounding
© The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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