Analytical modeling of Raman lidar return, including multiple scattering

Aleksey V Malinka; Eleonora P Zege

doi:10.1364/ao.42.001075

Analytical modeling of Raman lidar return, including multiple scattering

Appl Opt. 2003 Feb 20;42(6):1075-81. doi: 10.1364/ao.42.001075.

Authors

Aleksey V Malinka¹, Eleonora P Zege

Affiliation

¹ B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, Belarusian National Academy of Sciences, Prospect F. Scaryna 68, Minsk 220072, Belarus. mal@zege.bas-net.by

PMID: 12617225
DOI: 10.1364/ao.42.001075

Abstract

An analytical approach to modeling Raman lidar return with multiple scattering in presented. This approach is based on a small-angle quasi-single-scattering approximation developed earlier for elastic lidar sounding. An approximation of isotropic backscattering for the Raman-scattering case is proposed and tested. The computed results are presented and compared with known data. The approximation was found to be quite simple and provided a high accuracy of Raman lidar return calculations.