[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 3, No. 3 (1996) 221-225]
Laser Radar Observation of the Fog Caused by gYamase Windh from the Okhotsk Sea*
Masanori JYUMONJI and Haruo UCHIYAMA
Hachinohe Institute of Technology, 88-1, Ohbiraki, Myo, Hachinohe, 031 Japan
(Received February 22, 1995; Accepted February 23, 1996)
A Mie scattering laser radar with a powerful flashlamp-pumped dye laser has been developed to measure gYamaseh fog which is caused by very cold air intrusion as a result of Okhotsk high pressure. The inner structure of the gYamaseh fog?height profile, horizontal distribution, speed, thickness of the fog layer and its time development, periodic movement and dominant periods were observed and analyzed for the first time by laser radar of our institute.
Key words: laser radar, dye laser, gYamaseh fog