| Literature DB >> 18200256 |
S T Shipley1, D H Tracy, E W Eloranta, J T Trauger, J T Sroga, F L Roesler, J A Weinman.
Abstract
A high spectral resolution lidar technique to measure optical scattering properties of atmospheric aerosols is described. Light backscattered by the atmosphere from a narrowband optically pumped oscillator-amplifier dye laser is separated into its Doppler broadened molecular and elastically scattered aerosol components by a two-channel Fabry-Perot polyetalon interferometer. Aerosol optical properties, such as the backscatter ratio, optical depth, extinction cross section, scattering cross section, and the backscatter phase function, are derived from the two-channel measurements.Year: 1983 PMID: 18200256 DOI: 10.1364/ao.22.003716
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Opt ISSN: 1559-128X Impact factor: 1.980