Influence of system parameters on multiple scattering in spaceborne lidar measurements

Peter Voelger; Zhaoyan Liu; Nobuo Sugimoto

doi:10.1117/12.417102

13 February 2001 Influence of system parameters on multiple scattering in spaceborne lidar measurements

Peter Voelger, Zhaoyan Liu, Nobuo Sugimoto

Proceedings Volume 4153, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417102
Event: Second International Asia-Pacific Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Environment, and Space, 2000, Sendai, Japan

Abstract

Spaceborne lidar systems yield the unique possibility to collect observation data with good horizontal and vertical resolution. However, due to the special geometry of space lidar measurements the return signals are much stronger influenced by multiple scattering effects. The amount of multiple scattering depends partly on system parameters. We show that the system characteristics have negligible influence on multiple scattering in observations of cirrus clouds. On the other hand for layers with stronger sideward scattering we found a considerable dependence of multiple scattering on the configuration of the lidar system.

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Peter Voelger, Zhaoyan Liu, and Nobuo Sugimoto "Influence of system parameters on multiple scattering in spaceborne lidar measurements", Proc. SPIE 4153, Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring, (13 February 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417102

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