Calculating the coordinates of the lidar sensing object

Abstract

Lidar, as an important tool for studying atmospheric aerosol, is widely used in studying the distribution of atmospheric aerosol pollution. In environmental monitoring, especially when using mobile lidar for measurements, it's important to know not only situations of the pollution, but also the coordinates of their sources, and their dynamics distribution . The article introduces a method for calculating the coordinates of the objects locations according to the coordinates of the lidar, the detection direction and the distance between the lidar to the objects. Finally, the programming implementation of the method and its application in the development of auxiliary lidar systems.