Development of mobile lidar system for monitoring of tropospheric ozone and aerosol

Abstract

Within the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) project 21-79-10051 we developed a mobile lidar system for monitoring of tropospheric ozone and aerosol at the sensing wavelengths 299/341 nm. The lidar system is created on the basis of the QX 500 laser (“SOLAR LS”, Belarus) and Cassegrain telescope with receiving mirror diameter of 0.35 m and focal length of 0.7 m. Balancing and commissioning of laser source are carried out. Tests of receiving-transmitting lidar channel showed that the mobile lidar can cover the altitude range from ~0.1 to 12 km.