Simulation of the color ratio associated with the backscattering of radiation by ice particles at the wavelengths of 0.532 and 1.064 μm

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Bi, Lei ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Kattawar, George W ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^b   Hu, Yong X ^c   Winker, David M ^c   Brock, R Scott ^d   Lu, Jun Q ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COLOR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL RADAR; SOFTWOODS;

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; COLOR RATIOS; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; GROUND BASED; HAMPTON; HEXAGONAL COLUMNS; HEXAGONAL ICE; HEXAGONAL PARTICLES; ICE CLOUDS; ICE PARTICLES; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; LARGE PARTICLES; PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS; PEAK VALUES; SINGLE SCATTERING; SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDO; SIZE PARAMETERS; TWO WAVELENGTH; VIRGINIA;

ICE;

ALBEDO; BACKSCATTER; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 72049096358     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011759     Document Type: Article

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