Multiwavelength lidar node development and simulation for a regional tropospheric aerosol monitoring network

This work studies multiwavelength lidar node operation requirements to operate in a regional aerosol monitoring network. Some of the parameters taken into account are simplicity and robustness of the system in continuous and remote operation conditions. Sub-system modularity and accessibility is also contemplated. A numerical simulation is performed on a synthetic atmospheric signal to analyze the behaviour of this system in a) the visible (532 nm) and infrared (1064 nm) spectral regions; b) the main atmospheric compound Raman spectral region (nitrogen, oxygen water vapor). Adding depolarization channels in the 532 nm spectral region is also contemplated.