Purple Crow Lidar information

The Purple Crow Lidar is a powerful lidar (laser radar) that emits pulses of intensely bright light.^[1] The bright light scatters off air molecules, and the reflections are collected by a large telescope.^[2]

^ Wing, Robin; Martic, Milena; Hauchecorne, Alain; Porteneuve, Jacques; Keckhut, Philippe; Courcoux, Yann; Yung, Laurent; Retailleau, Patrick; Cocuron, Dorothee (2020). "Atmospheric Density and Temperature Vertical Profile Retrieval for Flight-Tests with a Rayleigh Lidar On-Board the French Advanced Test Range Ship Monge". Atmosphere. 11 (1): 75. Bibcode:2020Atmos..11...75W. doi:10.3390/atmos11010075.
^ "Purple Crow Lidar at The University of Western Ontario". Retrieved 28 January 2015.

[1] Wing, Robin; Martic, Milena; Hauchecorne, Alain; Porteneuve, Jacques; Keckhut, Philippe; Courcoux, Yann; Yung, Laurent; Retailleau, Patrick; Cocuron, Dorothee (2020). "Atmospheric Density and Temperature Vertical Profile Retrieval for Flight-Tests with a Rayleigh Lidar On-Board the French Advanced Test Range Ship Monge". Atmosphere. 11 (1): 75. Bibcode:2020Atmos..11...75W. doi:10.3390/atmos11010075.

[PCLuwo-2] "Purple Crow Lidar at The University of Western Ontario". Retrieved 28 January 2015.