Overview
- Except for very few, rather special publications, the last comprehensive books on lidar appeared in 1983 and 1984.
- Progress in lidar theory, development and applications that occurred in the twenty years since has been enormous. The present book gives a comprehensive and yet self-contained review of this progress, starting at the point where the previous literature ends.
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 102)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book covers, for each of the major variants of the lidar technique, the underlying physics – how it works, its mathematics – what the relevant equations look like, the basic layout of an instrument, and examples of atmospheric properties ... . Some of the chapters contain original material that cannot be found in books or archival journals, but is presented here for the first time. ... The broad cross-interdisciplinary scope should appeal to scientists ranging from the view of optical sciences to environmental engineers." (Jürgen Pappel, Optik, Vol. 117 (7), 2006)
"This book has each chapter written by a different expert in the field. This has the advantage of having some of the best expertise available … . the book supplies a comprehensive view of all the important techniques and applications now used … . covers the physics and mathematics of the interaction, instrumentation and examples of applications with field results. … succeeds in highlighting the extensive uses of lidar in the remote sounding of the atmosphere and its exciting future possibilities." (C.M.R. Platt, Australian Physics, Vol. 42 (6), 2006)
"The book … covering the basic theory and current practice of lidar in a consistent and fairly uniform style. It should be very useful to readers who, like me, have some knowledge of the basics of lidar and some of the standard techniques … . This book provides clear, up-to-date accounts of current work on remote sensing of the atmosphere with lasers. I enjoyed reading it and … will be especially useful for newcomers to the field." (Peter W. Milonni, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 50 (5), September-October, 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
The editor, formerly heading a group of scientists at GKSS Research Center in Geesthacht, Germany, is now a consultant to GKSS. He carried out and supervised many projects in lidar development and applications, both theoretical and experimental. He was awarded Honorary Citizenship of the State of Tennessee and the International Committee on Laser Atmospheric Soundings (ICLAS) Lifetime Award.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lidar
Book Subtitle: Range-Resolved Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere
Editors: Claus Weitkamp
Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b106786
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-40075-4Published: 15 July 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9763-9Published: 28 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-25101-1Published: 03 June 2006
Series ISSN: 0342-4111
Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 456
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Environmental Physics