View from the cockpit
View from the cockpit
A LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument can be installed on board an aircraft and emits short-wave ultraviolet laser radiation along the direction of flight. The density of the air is determined from the backscatter value measured for the air molecules, oxygen and nitrogen. Fluctuations in this density then provide information about the turbulence there. The PH-LAB research aircraft, a modified Cessna Citation operated by Dutch partner 'National Aerospace Laboratory' (Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium; NLR), is being used for this.
