УДК: 551.501.7

Estimating the errors of the results of lidar probing of a weakly turbid atmosphere

Egorov, A.D., Potapova, I.A., Rzhonsnitskaya, Y.B., Sanotskaya, N.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Егоров А.Д., Потапова И.А., Ржонсницкая Ю.Б., Саноцкая Н.А. Оценка погрешностей результатов лидарного зондирования слабо замутненной атмосферы // Оптический журнал. 2013. Т. 80. № 3. С. 58–60.

Egorov A.D., Potapova I.A., Rzhonsnitskaya Yu.B., Sanotskaya N.A. Estimating the errors of the results of lidar probing of a weakly turbid atmosphere [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2013. V. 80. № 3. P. 58–60.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. D. Egorov, I. A. Potapova, Yu. B. Rzhonsnitskaya, and N. A. Sanotskaya, "Estimating the errors of the results of lidar probing of a weakly turbid atmosphere," Journal of Optical Technology. 80(3), 171-173 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.80.000171

Abstract:

This paper discusses methods of interpreting the backscattering signals received from a weakly scattering atmosphere. It is established that the interpretation of these signals can be made more accurate by using an efficient averaging procedure on a section of the probe path and a linear approximation of the transmittance.

Keywords:

atmospheric transmittance, lidar measurements, signal power, nonlinear reverse problem, linear solution, attenuation coefficient error

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out as part of Measure 1.2.2 of the Federal Special Program “Scientific and Scientific–Pedagogical Staffs of Innovation Russia” in 2009–2013 (State Contract No. P1037 on May 31, 2010) on the specialization “Physics of the Atmosphere.”

OCIS codes: 280.0280, 280.1100, 280.1120

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