LabVIEW software design of data acquisition and visualization for atmospheric lidar

Abstract

Abstract:

The data acquisition and visualization software of Mie lidaris developed based on LabVIEW.It can acquire and display data of lidarinreal time by LabVIEW calling the dynamic link library of photon counting card(MSA300). The extinction coefficient is inversed by Fernald method and displayed with time-height-indication (THI) figure. The software convertsand savesthe data as ASCII format to be post-processed and analyzed.Lidar experiments show that the atmospheric data, extinction coefficients and THI can be displayed in real time by the software to intuitive understand the spatial and temporal changes of the aerosol and cloud.

Key words: atmospheric lidar, LabVIEW, dynamic link library, data acquisition, software design

Chen Chao, Song Xiaoquan. LabVIEW software design of data acquisition and visualization for atmospheric lidar[J]. J4, 2013, 30(1): 116-122.

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