https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023708001
A New Method for a Side-Scattering Lidar to Retrieve the Aerosol Backscattering Coefficient
1 Key Laboratory of Atmospheric optics, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
2 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
* Email: zzwang@aiofm.ac.cn
Published online: 7 July 2020
The side-scattering lidar based on the CCD camera is a powerful tool to measure the near- ground aerosol, which is most interesting for the environmental and meteorological departments. The inversion method for the side-scattering lidar is different from the conventional Fernald method due to the differences in two lidar equations. A new inversion method for the side-scattering lidar to retrieve the aerosol backscattering coefficient is proposed for the first time, which is based on the aerosol backscattering coefficient at the ground as a restriction condition. Numerical simulation is used to analyze the convergence of this new method. Case studies indicate that this new method is reasonable and feasible.REFERENCES
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