to Lidar -- Polarization in Lidar -- Lidar and Multiple Scattering -- Lidar and Atmospheric Aerosol Particles -- High Spectral Resolution Lidar -- Visibility and Cloud Lidar -- Differential-Absorption Lidar for Ozone and Industrial Emissions -- Differential-Absorption Lidar for Water Vapor and Temperature Profiling -- Raman Lidar -- Temperature Measurements with Lidar -- Resonance Scattering Lidar -- Doppler Wind Lidar -- Airborne and Spaceborne Lidar -- DIAL Revisited: BELINDA and White-Light Femtosecond Lidar.Written by leading experts in optical radar, or lidar, this book brings all the recent practices up-to-date and covers a multitude of applications, from atmospheric sciences to environmental protection. Its broad cross-disciplinary scope should appeal to both the experienced scientist and the novice in the field. The Foreword is by one of the early pioneers in the area, Herbert Walther.