Optical characteristics of aerosol in the coastal area

Toni S. Skakalova; Ivan V. Grigorov; Orlin Parvanov; Ivan N. Kolev

doi:10.1117/12.298065

15 January 1998 Optical characteristics of aerosol in the coastal area

Toni S. Skakalova, Ivan V. Grigorov, Orlin Parvanov, Ivan N. Kolev

Proceedings Volume 3219, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298065
Event: Aerospace Remote Sensing '97, 1997, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

The paper continues our previous investigations, based on the backscattering coefficient distribution, of the optical properties of aerosol in a coastal zone. The material presents some results of an elastic-backscattering lidar experiment carried out in the Bulgarian Black Sea coastal area in September 1992. The lidar experimental results are presented as 2-D images of the cross-sections of the variation of the extinction as a function of the height and the distance along the sounded path at different elevations. The value of the volume extinction coefficient is calculated according to Klett's inversion method, based on single elastic scattering of the laser emission. Along with the lidar measurements a conventionally measured meteorological parameters are presented. The experimental data considered in the paper demonstrates the lidar sensitivity to underlying surface influence over the optical characteristics of the aerosol.

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Toni S. Skakalova, Ivan V. Grigorov, Orlin Parvanov, and Ivan N. Kolev "Optical characteristics of aerosol in the coastal area", Proc. SPIE 3219, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems II, (15 January 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298065

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