Polarization lidars with conical scanning for retrieving the microphysical characteristics of cirrus clouds

Alexander V. Konoshonkin; Anatoli G. Borovoi; Dong Liu; Zhenzhu Wang; Yuri S. Balin; Natalia V. Kustova; Grigorii Kokhanenko; Iogannes Penner; Sergey V. Nasonov; Ilia D. Bryukhanov; Anton A. Doroshkevich

doi:10.1117/12.2204871

19 November 2015 Polarization lidars with conical scanning for retrieving the microphysical characteristics of cirrus clouds

Alexander V. Konoshonkin, Anatoli G. Borovoi, Dong Liu, Zhenzhu Wang, Yuri S. Balin, Natalia V. Kustova, Grigorii Kokhanenko, Iogannes Penner, Sergey V. Nasonov, Ilia D. Bryukhanov, Anton A. Doroshkevich

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Proceedings Volume 9680, 21st International Symposium Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics; 96802U (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2204871
Event: XXI International Symposium Atmospheric and Ocean Optics. Atmospheric Physics, 2015, Tomsk, Russian Federation

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The paper presents the first results of observations of cirrus clouds by polarization lidars with conical scanning, which were developed in Hefei (China) and in Tomsk (Russia). The light scattering matrix of ice crystal particles of cirrus clouds has been calculated for the first by the authors within the framework of the physical optics approximations in the case of conical scanning lidar. It is found that in this case the Mueller matrix consists of ten non-zero elements, four of which are small and can’t be applied to interpret the azimuthal distribution of particle orientation. All the diagonal elements have a strong azimuthal dependence. Among the off-diagonal elements only one element M₃₄ carries additional information for interpreting the azimuthal distribution.

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Alexander V. Konoshonkin, Anatoli G. Borovoi, Dong Liu, Zhenzhu Wang, Yuri S. Balin, Natalia V. Kustova, Grigorii Kokhanenko, Iogannes Penner, Sergey V. Nasonov, Ilia D. Bryukhanov, and Anton A. Doroshkevich "Polarization lidars with conical scanning for retrieving the microphysical characteristics of cirrus clouds", Proc. SPIE 9680, 21st International Symposium Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 96802U (19 November 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2204871

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