@inproceedings{d8ed3220bf114a78be20ae2cc3f7416e,
title = "Recent improvements to the raman-shifted eye-safe aerosol lidar (REAL)",
abstract = "Improvements to the original NCAR/NSF Raman-shifted Eye-safe Aerosol Lidar (REAL) made between 2008 and 2013 are described. They are aimed mainly at optimizing and stabilizing the performance of the system for long-term, unattended, network-controlled, remote monitoring of the horizontal vector wind field and boundary layer height, and observing atmospheric boundary layer phenomena such as fine-scale waves and density current fronts. In addition, we have improved the polarization purity of the transmitted laser radiation and studied in the laboratory the effect of the beam-steering unit mirrors on the transmitted polarization as part of a longer-term effort to make absolute polarization measurements of aerosols and clouds.",
keywords = "Aerosol, Boundary layer, Clouds, Lidar, Particulate matter, Polarization, Remote sensing, Wind",
author = "Mayor, \{Shane D.\} and Anna Petrova-Mayor and Bruce Morley and Scott Spuler",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1117/12.2025318",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819497222",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
booktitle = "Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XIV",
address = "United States",
note = "Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XIV ; Conference date: 25-08-2013 Through 26-08-2013",
}