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scanning in understanding the local atmosphere will be fully exploited by
deducing three-dimentional spatial information. In Fig. 5(a), the horizontal
scanning time periods of 6 min are shown with blanks. Alternatively, the
scanning data can also be used as part of the temporal data, filling those
blanks.
4. Summary
The PAL system has continued the uninterrupted, autonomous observations
for nearly 4 years. The additional inclusion of the horizontal scanning
capability enables us to apply the system to new types of targets: spread of
industrial smokes and dust distributions from busy roads are good examples
of such applications. The system will also be useful to elucidate yellow dust
activity and the pollen density distributions. In the near future, we are
planning to install multi-wavelength and multi-polarization capabilities to
the PAL system.
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