Belarusian scientists have developed the world's first year-round atmospheric lidar

19.01.2020. Belarusian scientists have invented a year-round lidar to study the atmosphere in Antarctica, said Maxim Bogdanovich, Director of the B. I. Stepanov Institute of physics of the national Academy of Sciences of Belarus. "This year we have completed the development of the device, the so-called atmospheric lidar container type. At the end of the year, presumably, it will be delivered to Antarctica. The device will help our scientists conduct atmospheric research. This will be the world's first year-round lidar. This is a development Of the Institute of physics, which is in demand all over the world: in Russia, in China, and in European countries. We have great authority in this area," Maxim Bogdanovich said.

The Institute of physics is one of the initiators of the European lidar network, which includes several dozen lidar stations and helps to assess the transport of pollutants in the atmosphere. Almost every such station has software developed by Belarusian scientists.

In addition, The Institute of physics plans to open a new center for laser industrial technologies this year. "As for laser technologies, we are doing well in the field of laser optical medicine. In this area, we are leaders in the CIS and in the world we occupy not the last place, - said the Director of the Institute. - This year, we signed a contract with China to create equipment for the diagnosis of jaundice in children and installation for its treatment. Every maternity hospital in Belarus has such a device."

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