Abstract: A concept and an apparatus designed to investigate the reflected and transmitted distributions of light from optically thick clouds is presented. The Cloud Field Optical Simulator (CFOS) is a laboratory device which utilizes ...

Abstract: A two-channel ground-based high spectra resolution Rayleigh-Mie lidar (553.7 nm) and its operation is described. Inversion of data collected with this unique lidar system yields vertical profiles of atmospheric parameters ...