Vol. 29, issue 09, article # 4

Prigarin S. M. Monte Carlo simulation of the effects caused by multiple scattering of ground-based and spaceborne lidar pulses in clouds. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2016. V. 29. No. 09. P. 747–751. DOI: 10.15372/AOO20160904 [in Russian].
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Abstract:

This paper deals with studying specific features of the laser pulse propagation and lidar return signals in remote sensing of clouds by ground-based and spaceborne lidars using Monte Carlo simulation. In particular, the paper describes the effect of "return signal sharpening" that makes a distant cloud boundary more visible. Moreover, the paper presents the results of stochastic simulation of the expanding solid torus of light that can be generated by a laser pulse in a cloud layer. A brief description of the software created by the author to simulate the lidar return signals is enclosed.

Keywords:

remote sensing, ground-based and spaceborne lidars, clouds, light multiple scattering, Monte Carlo simulation

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