https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817605048
A methodology for cloud masking uncalibrated lidar signals
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National Institute for R&D for Optoelectronics, Romania,
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National Observatory of Athens, Greece
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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale, Italy
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Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Germany
Published online: 13 April 2018
Most lidar processing algorithms, such as those included in EARLINET’s Single Calculus Chain, can be applied only to cloud-free atmospheric scenes. In this paper, we present a methodology for masking clouds in uncalibrated lidar signals. First, we construct a reference dataset based on manual inspection and then train a classifier to separate clouds and cloud-free regions. Here we present details of this approach together with an example cloud masks from an EARLINET station.
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