UNIDEF   23986
UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO ESTRATEGICO PARA LA DEFENSA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Argentinian multi-wavelength scanning Raman lidar to observe night sky atmospheric transmission
Autor/es:
JUAN PALLOTTA; PABLO RISTORI; LIDIA OTERO; FERNANDO CHOUZA; DELIA RAUL; FRANCISCO GONZALEZ; ALBERTO ETCHEGOYEN; EDUARDO QUEL; CTA CONSORTIUM
Lugar:
Río de Janeiro
Reunión:
Conferencia; 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2013); 2013
Institución organizadora:
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF)
Resumen:
This paper discusses the multi-wavelength scanning Raman lidar being built at
Lidar Division, CEILAP (CITEDEF-CONICET) in the frame of the Argentinean
Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) collaboration to measure the spectral
characteristics of the atmospheric aerosol extinction profiles to provide
better transmission calculations at the future CTA site. This lidar emits short
laser pulses of 7-9 ns at 355, 532 and 1064 nm at 50 Hz with nominal energy of
125 mJ at 1064 nm. This wavelengths are also used to retrieve the atmospheric
(air, aerosol and clouds) backscattered radiation in the UV, VIS and IR ranges.
Raman capabilities were added in the UV and VIS wavelengths to retrieve the
spectral characteristics of the aerosol extinction and the water vapor profile.
Due to the expected low aerosol optical depth of the future site, the short
observation period as well as the extension of the observation, an enhanced
collection area is required. This system uses six 40 cm f/2.5 newtonian
telescopes to avoid dealing with bigger mirror deformation, aberration issues
and higher costs that imply the use of a single mirror with the same collection
surface. In addition, dismounting of single mirrors for replacement or
recoating will affect slightly the performance but not the operation. The
additional alignment procedure has been solved by an automatic mirror alignment
to follow the line of sight of the observation during the acquisition period.
The system was designed to operate in hard environmental conditions, as it is
completely exposed to the outside weather conditions, when its shelter is fully
opened to provide 360{\deg} observations.