Essays about: "backscatter coefficient"
Found 2 essays containing the words backscatter coefficient.
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1. Deriving characteristics of thin cirrus clouds from observations with the IRF lidar
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknikAbstract : Cirrus clouds play an important role in radiative transfer, and thus have impact on the energy balance of the atmosphere and the climate of the Earth. Furthermore, they occur often and cover large areas globally at any time. Nevertheless, cirrus clouds are poorly studied, especially in the polar regions. READ MORE
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2. Design of Algorithms to Extract Atmospheric Aerosol Extinction from Raman Lidar Data
University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : This thesis project describes how the retrieval of aerosol extinction and backscatter coefficients is computed from data obtained with a Raman lidar at FOI, Swedish Defense Research Agency. The theory is described, the implementation is done and problems discovered along the way are discussed. READ MORE