Mean characteristics of orbital lidar signals from broken cloudiness - The solution method
Abstract
This paper presents a method for solving a nonstationary equation for mean radiation intensity in a broken-cloudiness model based on the representation of Poisson flows on straight lines; the formula obtained is used to evaluate the average energy of lidar signals from broken clouds. The model is used to show how multiple light scattering between clouds affects mean radiation intensity recorded by a lidar detector. Special attention is given to the applicability of an asymptotic equation that disregards the finite horizontal sizes of clouds.
- Publication:
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Issledovanie Zemli Fiz Kosmosa
- Pub Date:
- October 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987IssZK...5...35Z
- Keywords:
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- Cloud Cover;
- Laser Applications;
- Optical Radar;
- Signal Analysis;
- Spaceborne Lasers;
- Backscattering;
- Integral Equations;
- Light Scattering;
- Mean;
- Radar Echoes;
- Lasers and Masers