Dr. Gimmestad was head of a successful lidar development team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute for 29 years. In 2012, his team won the OSA Engineering Excellence Award, for a 25-year history of making significant advances in atmospheric lidar technology.
Dr. Gimmestad developed and teaches a 3-1/2 day short course on lidar engineering annually at Georgia Tech, see https://pe.gatech.edu/courses/atmospheric-lidar-engineering. He is a world-renowned lecturer on lidar technology, having proposed and organized free lidar tutorials in conjunction with the biennial International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC). He has twice received plaques for his service to the lidar community in recognition of his teaching.
Cambridge University Press has recently published his textbook, Lidar Engineering: Introduction to Basic Principles, coauthored by D. W. Roberts, see https://cambridge.org/9780521198516. This is the first true textbook for atmospheric lidar, with worked examples and homework problems, and it is the first to address the engineering of lidar systems. It is written for advanced undergraduates.
Dr. Gimmestad developed and teaches a 3-1/2 day short course on lidar engineering annually at Georgia Tech, see https://pe.gatech.edu/courses/atmospheric-lidar-engineering. He is a world-renowned lecturer on lidar technology, having proposed and organized free lidar tutorials in conjunction with the biennial International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC). He has twice received plaques for his service to the lidar community in recognition of his teaching.
Cambridge University Press has recently published his textbook, Lidar Engineering: Introduction to Basic Principles, coauthored by D. W. Roberts, see https://cambridge.org/9780521198516. This is the first true textbook for atmospheric lidar, with worked examples and homework problems, and it is the first to address the engineering of lidar systems. It is written for advanced undergraduates.
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This course provides a basic working knowledge of atmospheric lidar systems with discussions of the engineering parameters of the transmitter/receiver system and the data system, along with the interactions of the laser beam with the gases and particles that make up the air. The lidar equation, which is a model of received signal versus range, is introduced along with other factors that limit the signal-to-noise ratio, and measurement methodologies and signal inversion techniques are described.
Applications include chem-bio standoff detection, measuring transmittance versus range to support directed energy weapon system development, measuring concentrations of pollutants and greenhouse gases, and profiling temperature, winds, clouds, and aerosols. Example platforms include ground, airborne, and spaceborne systems.
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