VQ580 is a CLASS 3B Laser Product. Direct exposure to the laser radiation is dangerous and may cause severe damage to eyes and skin.

DO NOT LOOK INTO THE TRANSMITTER LENS!

DO NOT POINT THE TRANSMITTER LENS AT PEOPLES EYES!


Operation of the VQ580 requires experienced staff on board the aircraft.

Summary

The Airborne Laser Scanner with Online Waveform Processing (high-accuracy) provides high speed, non-contact data acquisition using a narrow near-infrared laser beam and a fast line scanning mechanism. It was especially designed to measure on snow and ice.


Manufacturer Riegl
Model VQ580
Serial No. n/a
Type laser scanner
REGISTRY-Link ↪ REGISTRY (6778)


Contacts

Name Institution Role
Veit Helm Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Device Contact

Components and Specifications

Besides the scanner itself operation of the laser scanner VQ580 requires an operator PC installed in a rack. For safety reasons a laser scanner key switch for easy emergency stop is also in installed in a rack.


Name Model Serial Number REGISTRY-Link
Laser Scanner VQ580 VQ580 S9997784 ↪ REGISTRY (6779)
Laser Scanner VQ580 VQ580 S9998874 ↪ REGISTRY (6780)
Laser Scanner VQ580 VQ580 S9999057 ↪ REGISTRY (6781)


Specifications of VQ580 (without mounting)

Data logging, storage and archiving
Logged parameter

                

                    
                        

                            
                                Parameter
                            
                            
                                O2ARegistry Output Type
                            
                            
                                Unit
                            
                        

                    
                    
            
                        

                            surface scans for digital terrain models
                            distance
                            none
                        


                    

                
Rawdata storage on board
Data archiving on land
Documentation
Also see https://sensor.awi.de/ for calibration certificates of the sensors.