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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Remote Sens Environ. 2019 Nov 1;233:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111325. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111325

Table 1.

Major characteristics of the ATLAS transmitter and receiver.

Transmitter
Pulse repetition frequency (kHz) 10
wavelength (nanometers) 532.272 ± 0.15
footprint diameter (m; microradians) <17.4; <35 at 85% encircled energy
pulsewidth (nanoseconds, FWHM) < 1.5
pulse energy (millijoules) 0.2 to 1.2
optical throughput efficiency 73%
number of beams 6
beam energy ratio (strong:weak) 4:1
beam energy per pulse (strong, weak, microjoules) 175 ±17, 45 ±5
Receiver
telescope diameter (m) 0.8
receiver field of view (m, microradians) 45, 83.3
coarse filter bandbass (picometers) 200
optical filter bandpass (picometers) 30
optical throughput efficiency 42%
detector efficiency 15%