De La Salle University - Manila

LIDAR

Current Research

• Development of a scanning multiple wavelength Mie scattering and depolarization LIDAR system using the 1064 nm, 532 nm, and 355 nm outputs of a flashlamp-pumped, Q-Switched, 20-Hz Nd:YAG laser (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Establishment and application of fluorescence LIDAR system for Red Tide and water quality monitoring (Physics Department, De La Salle University & UP Marine Science Institute)
• Mode radius, Angström coefficient, and particle size distribution retrieval from LIDAR signals (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Multiple scattering and depolarization analysis of LIDAR signal at three Nd:YAG laser wavelengths using the Monte Carlo computational technique (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Boundary layer evolution and aerosol properties retrieved from LIDAR (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Development of a Raman LIDAR system for measurements of atmospheric water vapor and molecular backscatter (Physics Department, De La Salle University & City University of HongKong, China & Research Center for Environmental Changes, Taiwan)
• Use of wavelets and fourier transform for LIDAR signal denoising and feature extraction (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Design, construction, and operation of a bathymetric LIDAR system for ocean floor mapping (Physics Department, De La Salle University & UP Marine Science Institute)
• Development and application of a femtosecond white light LIDAR (Institute for Laser Technology, Osaka University, Japan)
• Fluorescence spectroscopy and differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) of suspended particulate matter (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Fabrication and characterization of a simple sunphotometer using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as spectrally sensitive devices (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Multispectral aerosol optical depth measurement using the Middleton SPO2 sunphotometer (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Development of low-cost inertial-classifier type, conventional impactor/air sampler (Physics Department, De La Salle University)
• Scanning electron microscopy, elemental composition, and concentration of suspended particulate matter obtained using a Minivol air sampler and a low-cost impactor (Physics Department, De La Salle University & Manila Observatory)
• Design and construction of an optical particle counter (Physics Department, De La Salle University)