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Technique for obtaining vertical profiles of backscattering and extinction cross sections using slant path lidar measurements
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Spinhirne, J. D. Herman, B. M. |
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | A method is presented for solving for vertical profiles of atmospheric particulate extinction and backscattering cross-sections utilizing monostatic lidar slant path measurements. The method is an extension of work by Fernald. It is shown that the number of assumptions necessary for an iterative solution of extinction and backscattering cross sections can be reduced if lidar slant path measurements are used to solve directly for optical depths. The technique is useful only if sufficiently accurate lidar measurements are available. With highly accurate measurements it is also possible to solve directly for extinction cross sections without an iterative solution of a transcendental equation if the proper reduction scheme is used. The required accuracy is discussed and results showing the effect of errors are presented. |
| File Size | 28928 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20160007588 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7zm04008 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-06-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Meteorology And Climatology Extinction Backscattering Scattering Cross Sections Vertical Distribution Atmospheric Attenuation Laser Altimeters Optical Radar Radar Measurement Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
