UV-depolarization Lidar remote sensing experiment analysis using scattering matrix formalism

In this paper, an optical remote sensing method is proposed to retrieve the number concentration of non spherical volcanic ash particles. An UV-polarization sensitive remote sensing experiment is interpreted in the frame of the scattering matrix formalism. It follows that UV-optical scattering and d...

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Main Authors: A. Miffre, P. Rairoux, B. Thomas, G. David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti 2011-09-01
Series:Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1478/C1V89S1P065
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Summary:In this paper, an optical remote sensing method is proposed to retrieve the number concentration of non spherical volcanic ash particles. An UV-polarization sensitive remote sensing experiment is interpreted in the frame of the scattering matrix formalism. It follows that UV-optical scattering and depolarization, when they are used together and in correlation with laboratory measurements on scattering matrix elements, are meaningful to retrieve information on volcanic ash particles such as shape or number concentration.
ISSN:0365-0359
1825-1242