June 26, 2022

Lidar Tutorials for Students

Link will be provided to those who selected Student Tutorial on registration.Synopsis: The Lidar Tutorials are aimed at researchers who are new to lidar or are early in their lidar careers. The tutorials are intended to facilitate the participants’ comprehension and appreciation of the talks and posters that will be presented during the ILRC, by giving them a basic introduction to atmospheric optics and the technology, techniques, and applications of lidar.The tutorials are at an introductory level, starting with the simplest elastic backscatter lidar and emphasizing the challenges of developing lidar instruments. The basics of lidar atmospheric optics are summarized, and the governing equations for the lidar signal and the sky background signal are discussed. Descriptions of more sophisticated lidar techniques are also presented.As in previous years, the Lidar Tutorials will follow the format used in previous ILRCs and European Summer Schools, which is to present the theoretical background first, followed by practical applications of the theory.

12:00-17:30 UTC – Amphitheater: Lidar Tutorials

UTCPresenterTitle (click to view the available slide & recordings)
12:00Welcome and opening remarksProf. Alex Papayannis (ICLAS Chair)
Dr. Thierry Leblanc and Dr. John Sullivan (30th ILRC Chairs)
Caitlin Murphy (technical info)
General questions from students before tutorials start
12:15Dr. Gary Gimmestad
Georgia Tech (Emeritus),
United States
1. Introduction
12:362. Atmospheric optics
12:57Q&A
13:073. Lidar models & SNR
13:284. Lidar transmitters, receivers, and data systems
13:49Q&A
14:00Break
14:30Dr. Lucia Mona
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy
Aerosol profiling by ground-based, airborne and spaceborne lidar systems: working principles, highlights, and perspectives
15:30Dr. Paolo DiGirolamo
Universitˆ degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy
Water vapor profiling techniques (Raman-DIAL) and applications
16:30Dr. Arnoud Apituley
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands
Lidar wind measurements and synergy with radars
17:30End