Concept Design of a Multiwavelength Aerosol Lidar System With Mitigated Diattenuation Effects and Depolarization-Measurement Capability

Autor: Comerón Adolfo, Sicard Michaël, Vidal Eric, Barragán Rubén, Muñoz Constantino, Rodríguez Alejandro, Tiana-Alsina Jordi, Rocadenbosch Francesc, García-Vizcaíno David
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 119, p 23003 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611923003
Popis: It is known that the retrieval of aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients from lidar data acquired through so-called total-power channels – intended to measure the backscattered power irrespective of the polarization – can be adversely affected by varying depolarization effects produced by the aerosol under measurement. This effect can be particularly noticeable in advanced multiwavelength systems, where different wavelengths are separated using a system of dichroic beam splitters, because in general the reflection and transmission coefficients of the beam splitters will be different for fields with polarization parallel or perpendicular to the incidence plane. Here we propose a setup for multiwavelength aerosol lidars alleviating diattenuation effects due to changing depolarization conditions while allowing measure linear depolarization.
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