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Direct multiangle solution for poorly stratified atmospheres |
Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 25, pp. 6139-6146 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.006139
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Abstract
The direct multiangle solution is considered, which allows improving the scanning lidar-data-inversion accuracy when the requirement of the horizontally stratified atmosphere is poorly met. The signal measured at zenith or close to zenith is used as a core source for extracting optical characteristics of the atmospheric aerosol loading. The multiangle signals are used as auxiliary data to extract the vertical transmittance profile from the zenith signal. Details of the retrieval methodology are considered that eliminate, or at least soften, some specific ambiguities in the multiangle measurements in horizontally heterogeneous atmospheres. Simulated and experimental elastic lidar data are presented that illustrate the essentials of the data-processing technique. Finally, the prospects of the utilization of high-spectral-resolution lidar in the multiangle mode are discussed.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(280.3640) Remote sensing and sensors : Lidar
(290.1350) Scattering : Backscattering
(290.2200) Scattering : Extinction
ToC Category:
Remote Sensing and Sensors
History
Original Manuscript: December 12, 2011
Revised Manuscript: June 19, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: August 9, 2012
Published: August 29, 2012
Citation
Vladimir Kovalev, Cyle Wold, Alexander Petkov, and Wei Min Hao, "Direct multiangle solution for poorly stratified atmospheres," Appl. Opt. 51, 6139-6146 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-51-25-6139
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