Pump-probe differential Lidar to quantify atmospheric supersaturation and particle-forming trace gases

Abstract

We propose a pump--probe differential Lidar technique to remotely map the ability of the atmosphere to undergo particle condensation, that depends on the concentration of both pre--existing nanoparticles and condensable species or their precursors. Besides its interest for improving short--time, local weather forecast, this technique could provide information on atmospheric parameters like the concentration of condensable species, and physical parameters including the temperature and relative humidity.

Tunnel ionization, population trapping, filamentation and applications

“…A number of years later, some members of the Teramobile team, led by Wolf and Wöste, carried out systematic studies of filament-induced condensation in a cloud chamber and in the outside atmosphere. They obtained a number of significant results [130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137][138][139][140]. Researchers in Japan also observed condensation in a cloud chamber using UV lasers for excitation [141][142][143].…”