Numerical simulation of light backscattering by spheres with off-center inclusion. Application to the lidar case

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 5512-5522

  Griaznov, Vadim ^a   Veselovskii, Igor ^a   Girolamo, Paolo Di ^b   Demoz, Belay ^c   Whiteman, David N ^c  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; LIGHT BACKSCATTERING; MIE BACKSCATTERING; OFF-CENTER INCLUSIONS; WAVELENGTH;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 7544225470     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.005512     Document Type: Article

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