Development of a multiple-field-of-view multiple-scattering polarization lidar: comparison with cloud radar
| Autor: | Kaori Sato, Nobuo Sugimoto, Yoshitaka Jin, Hajime Okamoto, Atsushi Shimizu, Tomoaki Nishizawa, Toshiyuki Makino, Toshiaki Takano, Masahiro Fujikawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Microphysics business.industry Scattering Cloud top Polarization (waves) 01 natural sciences Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics 010309 optics Lidar Optics 0103 physical sciences Depolarization ratio business Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Circular polarization Zenith 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Optics express. 24(26) |
| ISSN: | 1094-4087 |
| Popis: | We developed a multiple-field-of-view multiple-scattering polarization lidar (MFMSPL) to study the microphysics of optically thick clouds. Designed to measure enhanced backscattering and depolarization ratio comparable to space-borne lidar, the system consists of four sets of parallel and perpendicular channels mounted with different zenith angles. Depolarization ratios from water clouds were large as observed by MFMSPL compared to those observed by conventional lidar. Cloud top heights and depolarization ratios tended to be larger for outer MFMSPL channels than for vertically pointing channels. Co-located 95 GHz cloud radar and MFMSPL observations showed reasonable agreement at the observed cloud top height. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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