EZ Lidar: A new compact autonomous eye-safe scanning aerosol Lidar for extinction measurements and PBL height detection. Validation of the performances

摘要

A compact and rugged eye safe UV Lidar, the EZ Lidar?, has been developed by LEOSPHERE(France) to study and investigate structural and optical properties of clouds and aerosolscontinuously, thanks to the strong know‐how in the field of air quality measurements andcloud observation and analysis. EZ Lidar? has been validated by different remote or in‐situinstruments as Micropulse Type‐4 Lidar or the Lidar Nuages Aérosols (LNA) at theLaboratoire de Metereologie Dynamique (LMD), in France and in several intercomparisoncampaigns (LISAIR’05, AMMA ASTAR/IPY TIGERZ’08, and ICOS). Outdoor and unattendeduse capabilities of the EZ Lidar? added to its measurements performances define then thisinstrument as a good candidate for deployment into growing global aerosol and cloudmonitoring networks and research measurement campaigns.