Large aperture lidar for investigating the middle atmosphere

With the loan from the Australian Antarctic Division of a high-power frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser (green) from the Australian Antarctic Division, we are installing a lidar system at Buckland Park. This will probe the stratosphere using Rayleigh scattering from the air molecules. The receiver telescope has an aperture of 1 m, giving this lidar one of the highest power*aperture products in the business.

This lidar is co-located with the radars at Buckland Park (see the Atmospheric Physics web pages).

Personnel

Dr David Ottaway
Dr Andrew MacKinnon
A/Prof. Murray Hamilton
A/Prof. Peter Veitch
Prof. Iain Reid
Liam Twigger


The home for the University of Adelaide's lidar ca 1965	The new home for the the lidar at Buckland Park

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Stephen Warren-Smith Ph D (Physics and Astrophysics) 2011

"When it came time to select a university course I saw that the University of Adelaide had a strong physics program and offered a space science and astrophysics course.

"Although I changed to a general Bachelor of Science at the last minute as it had greater flexibility, I was not aware at the time, that the University of Adelaide would be a great choice for a future research career."

A/Prof. Greg Metha
Metal Nanoparticle & Cluster Group
The University of Adelaide
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Australia

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