Atmospheric and meteorological Lidar: from pioneers to space applications

Pierre H. Flamant

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2005.09.006

Spectroscopy and planetary atmospheres/Spectroscopie et atmosphères planétaires

Atmospheric and meteorological Lidar: from pioneers to space applications

Pierre H. Flamant ¹

¹ Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, laboratoire de météorologie dynamique, École polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France

Comptes Rendus. Physique, Molecular spectroscopy and planetary atmospheres, Volume 6 (2005) no. 8, pp. 864-875.

Abstract
Résumé

The ‘Light Detection and Ranging’ technique, or Lidar, is a laser application to remote sensing. Lidar was in the laboratory stage in the 1960s and in less than 40 years it became a serious candidate for space applications at the turn of the 21st century. Over the years, the Lidar community made significant contributions to Lidar sciences and advancing the technique that makes Lidar an inevitable partner in geophysics and Earth observation. The French community, especially the Service d'Aéronomie and Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, have been involved since the beginning in the Lidar venture and made significant contribution.

La technique Lidar est une application du laser à la télédétection. Le Lidar qui en était au stade du développement de laboratoire dans les années 1960, est devenu en moins de 40 ans un candidat sérieux pour les applications spatiales en ce début de 21e siècle. Au fil du temps, la communauté Lidar a contribué de manière significative aux activités scientifiques et aux avancées techniques qui font du Lidar un acteur incontournable en géophysique et en Observation de la terre. La communauté française, et tout spécialement le Service d'Aéronomie et le Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, s'est impliquée dès le début dans l'aventure Lidar et a pu ainsi apporter sa contribution a l'ensemble.

Published online: 2005-10-01

DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.09.006

Keywords: External geophysics, Active remote sensing, Lidar, Laser system
Mots-clés : Géophysique externe, Télédétection active optique, Lidar, Instrumentation laser

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Pierre H. Flamant ¹

¹ Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, laboratoire de météorologie dynamique, École polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau cedex, France

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Pierre H. Flamant. Atmospheric and meteorological Lidar: from pioneers to space applications. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Molecular spectroscopy and planetary atmospheres, Volume 6 (2005) no. 8, pp. 864-875. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.09.006. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2005.09.006/

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