Peculiarities of the depolarization ratio in lidar signals for randomly oriented ice crystals of cirrus clouds
A.V. Konoshonkin1,2, N.V. Kustova1, A.G. Borovoi1
1V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Tomsk
Academician Zuev square, Tomsk, 634021, Russia
sasha_tvo@iao.ru
2Federal State Educational Institution Of Higher Professional Education"National Research Tomsk State University" (Tsu),
36, Ave. Lenina, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
Keywords: polarization of light, lidar signal, cirrus clouds, Mueller matrix
Abstract
Numerical solution for the problem of light scattering by randomly oriented hexagonal crystals has been firstly obtained. A possibility for retrieving both sizes and shapes of hexagonal ice crystals by the use of the depolarization ratio of lidar signals is shown.
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