Dr. Errico Armandillo Profile

Dr. Errico Armandillo

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Proceedings Article | 11 June 2021 Open Access

Correlation wind Lidar with an array detector and photon counting

Errico Armandillo, David Rees, Y. Tzeremes

Proceedings Volume 11852, 1185228 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599360

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Proceedings Article | 21 November 2017 Open Access

Lidar instruments for ESA Earth observation missions

Arnaud Hélière, Errico Armandillo, Yannig Durand, Alain Culoma, Roland Meynart

Proceedings Volume 10568, 1056801 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308005

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Receivers, Transmitters, Earth's atmosphere, Spectrometers, Optical filters, Pulsed laser operation, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Laser stabilization, Telescopes

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The idea of deploying a lidar system on an Earthorbiting satellite stems from the need for continuously providing profiles of our atmospheric structure with high accuracy and resolution and global coverage. Interest in this information for climatology, meteorology and the atmospheric sciences in general is huge. Areas of application range from the determination of global warming and greenhouse effects, to monitoring the transport and accumulation of pollutants in the different atmospheric regions (such as the recent fires in Southeast Asia), to the assessment of the largely unknown microphysical properties and the structural dynamics of the atmosphere itself.

Spaceborne lidar systems have been the subject of extensive investigations by the European Space Agency since mid 1970’s, resulting in mission and instrument concepts, such as ATLID, the cloud backscatter lidar payload of the EarthCARE mission, ALADIN, the Doppler wind lidar of the Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (ADM) and more recently a water vapour Differential Absorption Lidar considered for the WALES mission. These studies have shown the basic scientific and technical feasibility of spaceborne lidars, but they have also demonstrated their complexity from the instrument viewpoint. As a result, the Agency undertook technology development in order to strengthen the instrument maturity. This is the case for ATLID, which benefited from a decade of technology development and supporting studies and is now studied in the frame of the EarthCARE mission. ALADIN, a Direct Detection Doppler Wind Lidar operating in the Ultra -Violet, will be the 1^st European lidar to fly in 2007 as payload of the Earth Explorer Core Mission ADM. WALES currently studied at the level of a phase A, is based upon a lidar operating at 4 wavelengths in near infrared and aims to profile the water vapour in the lower part of the atmosphere with high accuracy and low bias. Lastly, the European Space Agency is extending the lidar instrument field for Earth Observation by initiating feasibility studies of a spaceborne concept to monitor atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

The purpose of this paper is to present the instruments concept and related technology/instrument developments that are currently running at the European Space Agency. The paper will also outline the development planning proposed for future lidar systems.

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Proceedings Article | 21 November 2017 Open Access

Laser-induced damage testing of optics for the ALADIN laser

Elmar Reinhold, Yngve Lien, Denny Wernham, Errico Armandillo

Proceedings Volume 10567, 1056704 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308077

KEYWORDS: Laser induced damage, Laser damage threshold, Optical testing, Pulsed laser operation, Nd:YAG lasers, Optical components, Optical coatings, Cameras, Laser development, Contamination

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Proceedings Article | 20 November 2017 Open Access

Study of photonic resonant angular velocity sensors as alternative gyro technology

C. Ciminelli, F. Dell'Olio, C. Campanella, M. Armenise, E. Armandillo, I. McKenzie

Proceedings Volume 10564, 105641M (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309032

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Proceedings Article | 18 April 2006 Paper

Risk mitigation in spaceborne lasers

Yngve Lien, Elmar Reinhold, Denny Wernham, Martin Endemann, Michael Jost, Errico Armandillo, Wolfgang Riede, Helmut Schröder, Paul Allenspacher

Proceedings Volume 6182, 618202 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.683061

KEYWORDS: Laser induced damage, Laser damage threshold, Contamination, LIDAR, Aerospace engineering, Optical coatings, Luminescence, Wind measurement, Pulsed laser operation, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 6 January 1997 Paper

2-um space lidar for water vapor and wind measurements

Jean-Bernard Ghibaudo, Jean-Yves Labandibar, Errico Armandillo, Callum Norrie

Proceedings Volume 2956, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.263176

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Wind measurement, Transmitters, LIDAR, Aerospace engineering, Oscillators, Wind energy, Continuous wave operation, Climatology, Velocity measurements

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Proceedings Article | 21 October 1996 Paper

Water vapor and wind-velocity measurements from space using 2-um wavelength

Jean-Bernard Ghibaudo, Jean-Yves Labandibar, Errico Armandillo, Callum Norrie

Proceedings Volume 2817, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255194

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Transmitters, Wind measurement, Oscillators, Velocity measurements, Aerospace engineering, LIDAR, Wind energy, Climatology, Reliability

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Proceedings Article | 9 December 1994 Paper

European Space Agency technology activities for spaceborne Doppler wind lidar

Callum Norrie, Andrea Marini, Errico Armandillo

Proceedings Volume 2310, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.195861

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Doppler effect, Receivers, Carbon dioxide lasers, Aerospace engineering, Environmental sensing, Laser applications, Heterodyning, Climatology, Tolerancing

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Proceedings Article | 9 December 1994 Paper

Lifetime studies of an e-beam sustained CO2 laser for spaceborne Doppler wind lidar

Paul Schwarzenberger, Steven Wallace, R. Robinson, David Willetts, Michael Harris, Errico Armandillo, Callum Norrie

Proceedings Volume 2310, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.195864

KEYWORDS: Carbon monoxide, Carbon dioxide lasers, Gas lasers, LIDAR, Titanium, Aluminum, Pulsed laser operation, Remote sensing, Information operations, Catalysis

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Proceedings Article | 9 December 1994 Paper

CO2 laser for spaceborne Doppler wind lidar

David Willetts, Michael Harris, Errico Armandillo, Callum Norrie, Paul Schwarzenberger, Steven Wallace, Wolfgang Schaeper, Matthias Gollor, Enrico Galletti, Emanuele Stucchi

Proceedings Volume 2310, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.195863

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Energy efficiency, Lithium, Remote sensing, Wind energy, Plasma, Doppler effect, Carbon dioxide lasers, Transformers, Near field optics

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Proceedings Article | 13 September 1994 Paper

Wind velocity, water vapor, and temperature measurements from space using 2 um Tm:Ho;YAG laser

Jean-Bernard Ghibaudo, Rodolphe Krawczyk, Errico Armandillo, Marc Faucheux, G. Benedetti-Michelangeli, E. Hettlage, Pierre Flamant, Jacques Pelon, Roberta Fantoni, G. Salvetti, Giorgio Fiocco, Willy Luethy

Proceedings Volume 2209, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185249

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Temperature metrology, Absorption, Atmospheric modeling, Oscillators, Environmental sensing, Transmitters, Wind measurement, Receivers, Climatology

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 1992 Paper

European Space Agency lidar development programs for remote sensing of the atmosphere

Errico Armandillo

Proceedings Volume 1714, (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142557

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Remote sensing, Backscatter, Doppler effect, Atmospheric sensing, Environmental sensing, Climatology, Transmitters, Aerospace engineering, Atmospheric laser remote sensing

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Conference Committee Involvement (9)

Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

22 September 2014 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing IX

23 September 2013 | Dresden, Germany

Optical Design and Engineering V

26 November 2012 | Barcelona, Spain

International Conference on Space Optics 2012

9 October 2012 | Ajaccio, Corsica, France

Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

27 September 2012 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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