Contrail formation and evolution measured by a ground-based lidar

Volker Freudenthaler; Frank Homburg; Horst Jaeger

doi:10.1117/12.221067

20 September 1995 Contrail formation and evolution measured by a ground-based lidar

Volker Freudenthaler, Frank Homburg, Horst Jaeger

Proceedings Volume 2506, Air Pollution and Visibility Measurements; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221067
Event: European Symposium on Optics for Environmental and Public Safety, 1995, Munich, Germany

Abstract

With an accurate scanning backscatter lidar cross sections of contrails are repetitively measured. Horizontal and vertical growth and effective diffusion coefficients are determined. The lidar ratio and optical depth are calculated by means of shadow calibration.

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Volker Freudenthaler, Frank Homburg, and Horst Jaeger "Contrail formation and evolution measured by a ground-based lidar", Proc. SPIE 2506, Air Pollution and Visibility Measurements, (20 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221067

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