The theory of the multifrequency laser sounding of the atmosphere
Abstract
The work develops a theory of lidar sounding of atmospheric aerosols and the remote determination of their microstructural characteristics. Attention is given to the integral representation of the characteristics of light scattering by polydisperse systems of particles, and to a general analysis of inverse problems of lidar sounding of polydisperse aerosols. Numerical solution methods are presented along with methods for determining particle size distribution functions from spectral measurements. The general theory of multifrequency lidar sounding of aerosol microstructure is developed in the single scattering approximation. Finally, methodological aspects of the processing of optical signals in two- and three-frequency sounding are discussed.
- Publication:
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Novosibirsk Izdatel Nauka
- Pub Date:
- 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980NoIzN.........N
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Atmospheric Optics;
- Atmospheric Sounding;
- Laser Applications;
- Optical Radar;
- Frequency Response;
- Integral Equations;
- Light Scattering;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Remote Sensing;
- Signal Reception;
- Variational Principles;
- Geophysics