The delegates of the 16th World Meteorological Congress who visited our booth (at EXHIBITION OF METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, Meteohydex, in Geneva, from May 23 to May 25 2011) showed great interest in volcanic plume tracking and dust detection application of our Micro Pulse Lidar instruments.
“We were able to show real lidar data from our recent experience in Japan. In January we sent an MPL system for the detection of volcanic plume, during the eruption of Shinmoe-dake” said Savy Mathur, Program Manager of MPL Systems. The attention on how our lidar can be deployed quickly, and its ability to detect ash up to 25 km (MPL), was increased from the fact that three days before the opening of the Meteohydex exhibit, Iceland's most active volcano began erupting, spewing a column of smoke and ash as high as 12 miles (20 km) into the air. A number of meteorological agencies responsible for volcanic ash advisories for European airports contacted us for lidar data identifying the location and spread of the volcanic ash.
Also, many delegates from North African and Arab countries were interested in dust detection. Our MPL offers significant advantages for determining the vertical structure of dust aerosols and their related optical properties. Accurate measurements of the actual change in aerosol distributions can therefore facilitate the solution of problems related either with climatology than with climate change. Our latest lidar model, the MiniMPL, optimized for the near range of the atmosphere (up to 15 km), is well suited for this kind of measurement.
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