Abstract
A practical model to simulate multiply scattered lidar returns from inhomogeneous cloud layers are developed based on Backward Monte Carlo (BMC) simulations. The estimated time delay of the backscattered intensities returning from different vertical grids by the developed model agreed well with that directly obtained from BMC calculations. The method was applied to the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite data to improve the synergetic retrieval of cloud microphysics with CloudSat radar data at optically thick cloud grids. Preliminary results for retrieving mass fraction of co-existing cloud particles and drizzle size particles within lowlevel clouds are demonstrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 21005 |
| Journal | EPJ Web of Conferences |
| Volume | 119 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 7 2016 |
| Event | 27th International Laser Radar Conference, ILRC 2015 - New York, United States Duration: Jul 5 2015 → Jul 10 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Sato, K., Okamoto, H., & Ishimoto, H. (2016). Modeling Lidar Multiple Scattering. EPJ Web of Conferences, 119, [21005]. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611921005