Development of a Raman Temperature LiDAR with Low Energy and Small Aperture by Parameter Optimization

Abstract

The range of detection and accuracy of currently available Raman temperature LiDAR systems are primarily improved by increasing the energy or the aperture of the receiving telescope. However, this does not lead to a corresponding linear increase in the distance of detection and accuracy of the system. In this paper, the authors construct a simulation model and optimize its parameters to develop a Raman temperature LiDAR with low energy and a small aperture that has a maximum distance of detection of over 5 km during the day and over 10 km at night. The profile of the atmospheric temperature obtained through field tests was in good agreement with the results of a radiosonde. The maximum correlation between the Raman temperature LiDAR and the radiosonde was 0.94 at night and 0.81 during the day. The results showed that the proposed Raman temperature LiDAR, with low energy and a small aperture, can provide reliable data on the temperature in the troposphere throughout the day.