10 - Safety and Security
REMOTE OBSERVATION EXPERIMENT OF VOLCANIC ASH USING POLARIZATION LIDAR
H. Inokuchi¹, H. Oikawa¹, G. Morimoto, Metro Weather Co., Ltd, Japan; S. Inaka¹; ¹JAXA, Japan
We are in development of an airborne volcanic ash detection lidar to remotely detect volcanic ash and to determine its degree of danger. Prior to observation flights, we conducted a ground observation experiment. The results indicated the correlation between the lidar reception intensity and the mass concentration of volcanic ash.