OPTIKA ATMOSFERY I OKEANA JOURNAL
V.E. ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS
Vol. 26, issue 05, article # 6
Konoshonkin A. V., Kustova N. V., Borovoy A. G. Peculiarities of the depolarization ratio in lidar signals for randomly oriented ice crystals of cirrus clouds. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2013. V. 26. No. 05. P. 385-387 [in Russian].Copy the reference to clipboard
Abstract:
Numerical solution for the problem of light scattering by randomly oriented hexagonal crystals has been firstly obtained. A possibility for retrieving both sizes and shapes of hexagonal ice crystals by the use of the depolarization ratio of lidar signals is shown.
Keywords:
polarization of light, lidar signal, cirrus clouds, Mueller matrix