| contributor author | Pal, S. R. | |
| contributor author | Carswell, A. I. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T17:38:55Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T17:38:55Z | |
| date copyright | 1977/01/01 | |
| date issued | 1977 | |
| identifier issn | 0021-8952 | |
| identifier other | ams-9213.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4232677 | |
| description abstract | The effects of ice crystals on the backscatter polarization in lidar returns have been measured. Scattering from ground-level snow of varying density, high-altitude cirrus clouds and ice pellet shower clouds has been studied using a linearly polarized ruby laser system with multiple receiver channels. The space and time dependence of the total intensity and the linear depolarization ratio δ of the lidar return have been investigated. It has been found that considerable variations occur in snow with δ varying between 0.2 and 0.8. In cirrus and ice pellet shower clouds δ is typically found to lie in the range 0.3 ± 0.1. The factors involved in the use of polarization data for ice-water discrimination in the atmosphere are presented and discussed. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | The Polarization Characteristics of Lidar Scattering from Snow and Ice Crystals in the Atmosphere | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 16 | |
| journal issue | 1 | |
| journal title | Journal of Applied Meteorology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0450(1977)016<0070:TPCOLS>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 70 | |
| journal lastpage | 80 | |
| tree | Journal of Applied Meteorology:;1977:;volume( 016 ):;issue: 001 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |