On the relation between ice-crystal scattering phase function at 180 and particle size: implication to lidar-based remote sensing of cirrus clouds. Academic Article

abstract

• The lack of knowledge of the relation between a lidar backscatter signal and particle size makes it challenging to retrieve ice-cloud particle size from spaceborne lidar observations. This study employs a synergistic combination of the state-of-the-art invariant imbedding T-matrix method and the physical geometric-optics method (PGOM) to investigate the relation between the ice-crystal scattering phase function at 180 (P11(180)) and particle size (L) for typical ice-crystal shapes. In particular, the P11(180) -L relation is quantitatively analyzed. The dependence of the P11(180) -L relation on particle shape can be used with spaceborne lidar observations to detect ice-cloud particle shapes.

authors

• Yang, Ping

published proceedings

• Opt Express

author list (cited authors)

• Ding, J., Yang, P., & Videen, G.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Ding, Jiachen||Yang, Ping||Videen, Gorden

publication date

• May 2023

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Express  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4006 Communications Engineering
• 4009 Electronics, Sensors And Digital Hardware

PubMed Central ID

• 37381575

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/OE.491395

start page

• 18680

end page

• 18692

volume

• 31

issue

• 11

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.491395