Laser Monitoring of the Atmosphere (Topics in Applied Physics)

Introduction....Pages 1-8 Remote sensing for air quality management....Pages 9-28 Laser-light transmission through the atmosphere....Pages 29-69 Lidar measurement of particles and gases by elastic backscattering and differential absorption....Pages 71-151 Detection of atoms and molecules by Raman scattering and resonance fluorescence....Pages 153-236 Techniques for detection of molecular pollutants by absorption of laser radiation....Pages 237-295 Laser heterodyne detection techniques....Pages 297-353