Algorithm for Interpreting Light Backscattering Matrices of Cirrus Clouds for the Retrieval of Their Microphysical Parameters

Shishko, Victor A.; Bryukhanov, I. D.; Nie, E. V.; Kustova, Natalia V.; Timofeev, Dmitriy N.; Konoshonkin, Alexander V.

doi:10.1134/s1024856019040134

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“…The crystalline particles present in the clouds of the mid-and high-levels, as a rule, cause a significant depolarization of the backscattered radiation 1,2 . Most often, in areas of a cloud with randomly oriented particles, the depolarization ratio is within δ = 0.3-0.6 3,4 .…”

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Effect of diffraction on mirror reflection by crystalline particles

Kokhanenko,

Balin,

Klemasheva

et al. 2023

29th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics

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The report presents the results of observations of horizontally oriented crystalline particles in the clouds of the upper levels using a scanning polarization lidar. The measured dependence of the lidar signal on the lidar inclination angle is described by an exponential distribution and corresponds to the distribution of particle inclinations relative to the horizontal plane (flutter). Diffraction on the contour of the particles appears as a smoothing of the top of the measured distribution and depends on the size of the crystals. The effect of diffraction is significant for narrow distributions over tilt angles.

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