Calculation of the Signal of a Scanning Lidar for Remote Sensing of Cirrus Clouds Containing Predominantly Horizontally Oriented Crystals

The results of numerical simulation of the signal of a scanning lidar for the case of sounding a cloud containing quasi-horizontally oriented plate crystals are presented. The results of the numerical calculation confirm the presence of a sharp increase in the depolarization ratio in the vicinity of...

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Published inBulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Physics Vol. 86; no. Suppl 1; pp. S207 - S210
Main Authors Shishko, V. A., Konoshonkin, A. V., Timofeev, D. N., Kustova, N. V., Borovoi, A. G., Kokhanenko, G. P., Balin, Yu. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Cirrus clouds
Crystal structure
Depolarization
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Lidar
Mathematical analysis
Nuclear Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Remote sensing
Scanning
light scattering
scanning lidar
physical optics method
cirrus clouds
atmospheric ice crystals
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Summary:The results of numerical simulation of the signal of a scanning lidar for the case of sounding a cloud containing quasi-horizontally oriented plate crystals are presented. The results of the numerical calculation confirm the presence of a sharp increase in the depolarization ratio in the vicinity of scanning angles of 30 deg, which was observed earlier in the experiment. It has been established that the presence of this enhancement in the depolarization ratio is a sign of the ideal shape of the lamellar crystal and can be used to interpret the data of experimental observations.
ISSN:1062-8738
1934-9432
DOI:10.3103/S1062873822700708