Mobile Lidar for Sensing Tropospheric Ozone.

A mobile lidar was designed for ozone sensing at wavelengths of 299 and 341 nm and put into operation. The lidar covers the altitude range from 0.1 to 12 km with a spatial resolution of lidar signals from 1.5 to 150 m. The specification of the mobile lidar is given; the results of an in situ experiment on laser sensing of the atmosphere in Tomsk are presented. The lidar echoes and ozone profiles retrieved confirm the information content of lidar measurements in the troposphere. The lidar and satellite (MetOp) measurements are compared. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]