Design and Data Analysis Method of Hsrl Receivers for Atmospheric Monitoring in Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Experiments

In this work the design method of a prototype High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) in bi-static mode is presented, while a novel analysis method of the data recorded by the receivers is proposed. This HSRL could be used for measuring the aerosol phase function in Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Experiments, useful for correcting the air-fluorescence light mixed by the scattered Cherenkov radiation during EAS events. The methodology of the data analysis and its application on images obtained from Laboratory tests using a CW SLM laser at 532 nm, is presented.