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Lidar method for remote detection of vapors of explosives in the atmosphere

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Results of studies of possible remote detection of vapors of explosives in the atmosphere using the lidar principle with the use of laser-induced fluorescence are described. Experimental data on the detection of trinitrotoluene (trotyl) vapors at room temperature from a distance of 13 m are presented.

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  1. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pl. Akademika Zueva 1, Tomsk, 634021, Russia

    S. M. Bobrovnikov & E. V. Gorlov

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Original Russian Text © S.M. Bobrovnikov, E.V. Gorlov, 2011, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.

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Bobrovnikov, S.M., Gorlov, E.V. Lidar method for remote detection of vapors of explosives in the atmosphere. Atmos Ocean Opt 24, 235–241 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856011030055

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