Characterization of Mesospheric Inversion Layer with Rayleigh Lidar Data over Golmud

Research on the Measurement Accuracy of Shipborne Rayleigh Scattering Lidar

“…It is an important piece of equipment for middle and upper atmosphere research and environmental detection [1,2]. Rayleigh scattering lidar technology is relatively mature and reliable; it has been widely used internationally and has played an important role in the observational study of the middle and upper atmosphere [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. For example, the National Science Foundation-funded Coupling Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions Program (CEDAR) has Rayleigh scattering lidar observations at low, middle, and high latitudes, which are supported by the National Major Science and Technology Infrastructure Project "Eastern Hemisphere Space Environment Ground-based Comprehensive Monitoring Meridian Chain" (referred to as the "Meridian Project").…”

“…For example, the National Science Foundation-funded Coupling Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions Program (CEDAR) has Rayleigh scattering lidar observations at low, middle, and high latitudes, which are supported by the National Major Science and Technology Infrastructure Project "Eastern Hemisphere Space Environment Ground-based Comprehensive Monitoring Meridian Chain" (referred to as the "Meridian Project"). The National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Wuhan University and other units have built and operated Rayleigh scattering lidars in Beijing, Haikou, Hefei, Wuhan, and other places [11][12][13][14]. In 2016, the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a vehicle-mounted Rayleigh scattering Doppler lidar, which has the ability to quickly transfer among observation sites [15][16][17].…”