6 research outputs found
Air ions induced aerosol sensing by eye-safe LIDAR
Low concentrations aerosols quantification is rather challenging for LIDAR
instruments due to eye-safety restrictions so high energy pulses cannot be
utilized to improve the sensitivity. Highly sensitive but eye-save LIDAR has
been developed for the quantification of the water droplet aerosol which was
induced by air ions. Few days sensing of aerosols in closed tunnel revealed a
strong correlation between air optical transparency (LIDAR measurements) and
concentrations of positive/negative ions (ion counter Sapphir 3-M). The
correlation coefficient was observed to be almost unity for the air
transparency signal and air ions unipolarity coefficient. High sensitivity of
the water droplet aerosol quantification makes the developed eye-safe LIDAR a
perspective instrument for space resolved measurements of the air ions
distribution. Space and time resolved measurements of air ions exhalation can
be a new instrument for tectonic activity study including new earthquake
forecasting indicators search