Lidars - Monostatic Pulsed Coherent Systems

The basic parameters measured by this type of lidar are:

  1. Particle backscatter
  2. Radial velocity

Here are some typical parameters of this kind of system:

Wavelength: 10.6 microns
Pulse rate: up to 20 Hz
Resolution: azimuthal - 1 m   radial - 75-300 m
Minimum range: 0.8-1.5 km
Maximum range

(in boundary layer):

7-30 km
beamwidth: 0.005°