Practical model for the calculation of multiply scattered lidar returns

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2464-2472

  Eloranta, Edwin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHOTONS; RADAR CROSS SECTION;

FIELD OF VIEW; LIDAR RETURN; MULTIPLE SCATTER EQUATION; PHOTON TRAJECTORY; SCATTERING PHASE FUNCTION;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0032046470     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002464     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. E. W. Eloranta, “An investigation of lidar pulses doubly scattered by atmospheric aerosols, ” M.S. thesis (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 1967).
2. S. R. Pal and A. I. Carswell, “Polarization properties of lidar backscattering from clouds, ” Appl. Opt. 12, 1530-1535 (1973).
3. R. J. Allen and C. M. R. Platt, “Lidar for multiple backscattering and depolarization observations, ” Appl. Opt. 16, 3193-3199 (1977).
4. A. Cohen, M. Kleiman, and J. Cooney, “Lidar measurements of rotational Raman and double scattering, ” Appl. Opt. 17, 1905-1910 (1978).
5. K. Sassen and R. L. Petrilla, “Lidar depolarization from multiple scattering in marine stratus clouds, ” Appl. Opt. 25, 1450-1459 (1986).
6. L. R. Bissonnette and D. L. Hutt, “Multiple scattering lidar, ” Appl. Opt. 29, 5045-5048 (1990).
7. U. Wandinger and A. Ansmann, “Atmospheric Raman depolarization-ratio measurements, ” Appl. Opt. 33, 5671-5673 (1994).
8. G. N. Plass and G. W. Kattawar, “Reflection of light pulses from clouds, ” Appl. Opt. 10, 2304-2310 (1971).
9. E. W. Eloranta, “Calculation of doubly scattered lidar returns, ” Ph.D. dissertation (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 1972).
10. J. A. Weinman and S. T. Shipley, “Effects of multiple scattering on laser pulses transmitted through clouds, ” J. Geophys. Res. 77, 7123-7128 (1972).
11. K. E. Kunkel and J. A. Weinman, “Monte Carlo analysis of multiply scattered lidar returns, ” J. Atmos. Sci. 33, 1772-1781 (1976).
12. J. A. Weinman, “Effects of multiple scattering on light pulses reflected by turbid atmospheres, ” J. Atmos. Sci. 33, 1763-1771 (1976).
13. S. T. Shipley, “The measurement of rainfall by lidar, ” Ph.D. dissertation (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., 1978).
14. D. L. Hutt, L. R. Bissonnette, and L. Durand, “Multiple field of view lidar returns for atmospheric aerosols, ” Appl. Opt. 33, 2338-2348 (1994).
15. M. Wiegner and G. Echle, “Lidar multiple scattering: improvement of Bissonette’s paraxial approximation, ” Appl. Opt. 32, 6789-6803 (1993).
16. L. R. Bissonnette, “Multiple-scattering lidar equation, ” Appl. Opt. 35, 6449-6465 (1996).
17. L. R. Bissonnette and D. L. Hutt, “Multiply scattered aerosol lidar returns: inversion method and comparison within situmeasurements, ” Appl. Opt. 34, 6959-6975 (1995).
18. C. J. Grund and E. W. Eloranta, “The University of Wisconsin High Spectral Resolution Lidar, ” Opt. Eng. 30, 6-12 (1991).
19. P. Piironen and E. W. Eloranta, “Demonstration of a high spectral resolution lidar based on an iodine absorption filter, ” Opt. Lett. 19, 234-236 (1994).
20. E. W. Eloranta and P. Piironen, “Measurements of cirrus cloud optical properties and particle size with the University of Wisconsin High Spectral Resolution Lidar, ” inAdvances in Atmospheric Remote Sensing with Lidar, A. Anssmann, R. Neuber, P. Rairoux, and U. Wandinger, eds. (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1997), pp. 83-86.
21. R. A. Ferrare, S. H. Melfi, D. N. Whiteman, and K. D. Evans, “Raman lidar measurements of Pinatubo aerosols over southeastern Kansas during November-December 1991, ” Geophys. Res. Lett. 19, 1599-1602 (1992).
22. A. Ansmann, M. Riebesell, U. Wandinger, C. Weitkamp, E. Voss, W. Lahmann, and W. Michaelis, “Combined Raman elastic-backscatter lidar for vertical profiling of moisture, aerosol extinction, backscatter, and lidar ratio, ” Appl. Phys. B 55, 18-28 (1992).
23. E. W. Eloranta and S. T. Shipley, “A solution for multiple scattering, ” inAtmospheric Aerosols: Their Formation, Optical Properties, and Effects, A. Deepak, ed. (Spectrum, Hampton, Va., 1982), pp. 227-239.
24. D. Deirmendjian, Electromagnetic Scattering on Spherical Polydispersions(Elsevier, New York, 1969).
25. H. C. van de Hulst, Light Scattering by Small Particles(Wiley, New York, 1957).
26. C. M. Platt, “Lidar and radiometric observations of cirrus clouds, ” J. Atmos. Sci. 30, 1191-1204 (1973).