The study of cirrus clouds with the polarization lidar in the South-East China (Hefei)

Results of the study of microphysical characteristics of cirrus clouds in Hefei, China, with a multiwavelength polarization lidar are presented. Measurements were carried out from December 2010, to February 2013. In this work, we consider the only dependable parameter of lidar signals, i.e., the lin...

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Published in:Atmospheric and oceanic optics 2017-05, Vol.30 (3), p.234-235
Main Authors: Wang, Zhenzhu, Shishko, V. A., Konoshonkin, A. V., Kustova, N. V., Borovoi, A. G., Matvienko, G. G., Xie, Chenbo, Liu, Dong, Wang, Yingjian
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Language:English
Subjects:
Cirrus clouds
Clouds
Crystals
Depolarization
Distortion
Hydrosphere
Ice
Ice crystals
Lasers
Lidar
Lightning
Mathematical analysis
Optical Devices
Optics
Parameter uncertainty
Photonics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Polarization
Ratios
Remote Sensing of Atmosphere
Underlying Surface
Wavelength
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Summary:Results of the study of microphysical characteristics of cirrus clouds in Hefei, China, with a multiwavelength polarization lidar are presented. Measurements were carried out from December 2010, to February 2013. In this work, we consider the only dependable parameter of lidar signals, i.e., the linear depolarization ratio measured at a wavelength of 532 μm. The dependences of depolarization ratios on both the size of ice crystals and the distribution of their distortion angles were calculated in this work for the first time. These results were used for retrieving, with some uncertainty, the microphysical parameters of cirrus clouds observed in Hefei during that period.
ISSN:1024-8560
2070-0393
DOI:10.1134/S1024856017030150