Model of Lidar Return in Marine Stratus Cloud Layers

摘要

Various types of lidars have been used in attempts to obtain quantitative information about the nearby atmosphere. This report investigates the use of a handheld visioceilometer lidar to determine the extinction coefficient sigma as a function of range r at a wavelength of 1.06 micrometer beneath marine stratus clouds. Keywords include: Stratus cloud layers, Extinction coefficients, Lidars, and Backscatter coefficient.