Validating Lidar Depolarization Calibration Using Solar Radiation Scattered by Ice Clouds

Zhaoyan Liu; Matthew McGill; Yongxiang Hu; Chris Hostetler; Mark Vaughan; David Winker

doi:10.1109/LGRS.2004.829613

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Validating Lidar Depolarization Calibration Using Solar Radiation Scattered by Ice Clouds

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Validating Lidar Depolarization Calibration Using Solar Radiation Scattered by Ice Clouds

Zhaoyan Liu, Matthew McGill, Yongxiang Hu, Chris Hostetler, Mark Vaughan and David Winker

IEEE geoscience and remote sensing letters, Vol.1(3), pp.157-161

07/01/2004

DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2004.829613

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Abstract

This letter proposes the use of solar background radiation scattered by ice clouds for validating space lidar depolarization calibration. The method takes advantage of the fact that the background light scattered by optically thick ice clouds is almost entirely unpolarized. The theory is examined with background light measurements acquired by the Cloud Physics Lidar.

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Title: Subtitle: Validating Lidar Depolarization Calibration Using Solar Radiation Scattered by Ice Clouds
Creators: Zhaoyan Liu - Hampton University
Matthew McGill - NASA
Yongxiang Hu - NASA
Chris Hostetler - NASA
Mark Vaughan - NASA
David Winker - NASA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: IEEE geoscience and remote sensing letters, Vol.1(3), pp.157-161
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2004.829613
ISSN: 1545-598X
eISSN: 1558-0571
Number of pages: 5
Grant note: 23-622-43-03 / National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Language: English
Date published: 07/01/2004
Academic Unit: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984277265102771

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