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Apparatus and method for in-flight detection of airborne water droplets and ice crystals
Apparatus and method for in-flight detection of airborne water droplets and ice crystals
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机译:飞行中检测空气中的水滴和冰晶的装置和方法
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A device for optically detecting and distinguishing airborne liquid water droplets and ice crystals includes an illumination portion and a detection portion. The illumination portion (312) outputs a circularly polarized illuminating beam (318). The detection portion receives circularly polarized backscattered light from moisture in the cloud, in response to the illuminating beam. The circularly polarized backscattered light (322) is passed through a circular polarizer (333) to convert it into linearly polarized backscattered light, which is split into two components. Each of the two components is optionally subject to further linear polarization to filter out any leakage-type orthogonal polarization. The two components are then optically detected and the resulting detection signals are used to calculate one or more parameters reflective of the presence or absence of airborne ice crystals and/or water droplets.
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