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Articles | Volume 18, issue 22
Articles | Volume 18, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6527-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-6527-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 22
Research article
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14 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 14 Nov 2025

Aerosol extinction and backscatter Optimal Estimation retrieval for High Spectral Resolution Lidar

Sharon P. Burton, Johnathan W. Hair, Chris A. Hostetler, Marta A. Fenn, John A. Smith, and Richard A. Ferrare

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Advanced lidars can retrieve atmospheric aerosol backscatter, extinction, and linear depolarization ratio. However excessive noise propagation in the traditional inversion method can make extinction unusable when the signal is weak, such as from space. Implementing a weak constraint can reduce the noise propagation while preserving accuracy. Here we also focus on fully characterizing both random and systematic uncertainties and examining the tradeoff between uncertainty and resolution.
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