Polarization lidar: an extended three-signal calibration approach

Jimenez, Cristofer; Ansmann, Albert; Engelmann, Ronny; Haarig, Moritz; Schmidt, Jörg; Wandinger, Ulla

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1077-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1077-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1077-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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18 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 18 Feb 2019

Polarization lidar: an extended three-signal calibration approach

Cristofer Jimenez, Albert Ansmann, Ronny Engelmann, Moritz Haarig, Jörg Schmidt, and Ulla Wandinger

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RC1: 'first_revision', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviews RC1, RC2 and RC3', Cristofer Jimenez, 24 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Polarization lidar: An extended three-signal calibration approach” by C. Jimenez et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 26 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviews RC1, RC2 and RC3', Cristofer Jimenez, 24 Jan 2019
RC3: 'Review of the paper amt-2018-370', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviews RC1, RC2 and RC3', Cristofer Jimenez, 24 Jan 2019

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AR by Cristofer Jimenez on behalf of the Authors (24 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Jan 2019) by Vassilis Amiridis

AR by Cristofer Jimenez on behalf of the Authors (28 Jan 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

We propose an extended formalism for a full instrumental characterization of a three-channel lidar system, allowing the retrieval of highly accurate linear depolarization profiles. The results obtained at several depolarizing scenarios, the good agreement with the retrievals of a second collocated calibrated lidar system, and the long-term stability of the calibration parameters corroborate the potential and robustness of the new technique.