| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 119, 2016
The 27th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 27)
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| Article Number | 11007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Lidar Cloud Studies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611911007 | |
| Published online | 07 June 2016 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611911007
Depolarization Ratio of Clouds Measured by Multiple-Field of view Multiple Scattering Polarization Lidar
1 Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
2 National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
* Email: okamoto@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Published online: 7 June 2016
We have developed the Multiple Field of view Multiple Scattering Polarization Lidar (MFMSPL) system for the study of optically thick low-level clouds. It has 8 telescopes; 4 telescopes for parallel channels and another 4 for perpendicular channels. The MFMSPL is the first lidar system that can measure depolarization ratio for optically thick clouds where multiple scattering is dominant. Field of view of each channel was 10mrad and was mounted with different angles ranging from 0 mrad (vertical) to 30mrad. And footprint size from the total FOV was achieved to be close to that of Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) lidar at the altitude of 1km in order to reproduce similar degree of multiple scattering effects as observed from space. The MFMSPL has started observations since June 2014 and has been continuously operated at National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in Tsukuba, Japan. Observations proved expected performance such that measured depolarization ratio was comparable to the one observed by CALIPSO lidar.
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