Vol. 22, issue 01, article # 14

Abramochkin A. I., Tikhomirov A. A. Remote monitoring of cloud droplet size with a multiple-field-of-view lidar. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2009. V. 22. No. 01. P. [in Russian].
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Abstract:

A lidar signal intensity distribution in the image spot of a scattering volume is considered. The contribution of single and multiple scattering components to lidar returns and the effective droplet size in a cloud are estimated. For the case of multiple scattering it is shown that the lidar return intensity distribution can be expressed as a sum of Gaussian distributions of single and multiple scattering components.

Keywords:

lidar signal; multiple scattering; algorithm; clod droplet size; spatial characteristics