Mobile lidar fluorosensor equipment for continuous seawaters monitoring and in situ photosynthetic measurements: the ENEA realisation

Abstract ENEA has recently developed a mobile integrated system composed by a compact lidar fluorosensor capable to operate in single or dual laser excitation mode, by a fluorometer, a PAM, a PAR and a GPS. The mobile lidar fluorosensor equipment has been used on ship borne platforms for extensive marine campaigns in monitoring the quality of seawaters across the Mediterranean, Northern and Antarctic (Ross) Sea. The calibrated lidar data are reported upon a digital cartographic base allowing to gather near-synoptic maps.