Accession Number:

ADA180636

Title:

Model of Lidar Return in Marine Stratus Cloud Layers.

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEAN SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Noonkester,V. R.

Report Date:

1986-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

Various types of lidars have been used in attempts to obtain quantitative information about the nearby atmosphere. This report investigates the use of a handheld visioceilometer lidar to determine the extinction coefficient sigma as a function of range r at a wavelength lambda of 1.06 micron beneath marine stratus clouds. Keywords include Stratus cloud layers, Extinction coefficients, Lidars, and Backscatter coefficient.

Descriptors:

• *BACKSCATTERING
• *OPTICAL RADAR
• *STRATUS CLOUDS
• COEFFICIENTS
• EXTINCTION
• LAYERS
• CLOUDS
• MODELS
• COEFFICIENTS

Subject Categories:

• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment
• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE