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Opt Lett. 2015 Mar 15;40(6):1034-6. doi: 10.1364/OL.40.001034.

Volcanic CO2 detection with a DFM/OPA-based lidar.

Optics letters

Luca Fiorani, Simone Santoro, Stefano Parracino, Marcello Nuvoli, Carmine Minopoli, Alessandro Aiuppa

PMID: 25768175 DOI: 10.1364/OL.40.001034

Abstract

The DFM/OPA-based lidar BILLI was used to investigate the volcanic plume released by the hydrothermal vent of Pisciarelli, in the Campi Flegrei volcano. BILLI remotely measured CO2 concentrations in cross-sections of the near-vent plume using the differential absorption technique. To our knowledge, this is the first example of lidar-based measurement of volcanic CO2. The spatial resolution was 1.5 m and the temporal resolution 20 s.

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