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Assessment of lidar depolarization uncertainty by means of a polarimetric lidar simulator
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada,
Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Institute Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, Paris,
France
Livio Belegante
National Institute of Research & Development for Optoelectronics
– INOE 2000, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania
Volker Freudenthaler
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Meteorologisches Institut,
München, Germany
Lucas Alados-Arboledas
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada,
Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Doina Nicolae
National Institute of Research & Development for Optoelectronics
– INOE 2000, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania
María José Granados-Muñoz
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada,
Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada,
Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Aldo Amodeo
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Metodologie per
l'Analisi Ambientale I.M.A.A. – C.N.R., Potenza, Italy
Giusseppe D'Amico
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Metodologie per
l'Analisi Ambientale I.M.A.A. – C.N.R., Potenza, Italy
Ronny Engelmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstr.
15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Gelsomina Pappalardo
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Metodologie per
l'Analisi Ambientale I.M.A.A. – C.N.R., Potenza, Italy
Panos Kokkalis
Laser Remote Sensing Unit, National Technical University of Athens,
Physics Dept., 15780 Zografou, Greece
Rodanthy Mamouri
Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cyprus University Of
Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus
Alex Papayannis
Laser Remote Sensing Unit, National Technical University of Athens,
Physics Dept., 15780 Zografou, Greece
Francisco Navas-Guzmán
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada,
Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
now at: Institute of Applied Physics (IAP), University of Bern, Bern,
Switzerland
Francisco José Olmo
Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA-CEAMA), Granada,
Spain
Dpt. Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Ulla Wandinger
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Permoserstr.
15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Francesco Amato
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Metodologie per
l'Analisi Ambientale I.M.A.A. – C.N.R., Potenza, Italy
Martial Haeffelin
Institute Pierre-Simon Laplace, CNRS-Ecole Polytechnique, Paris,
France
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Short summary
This work analyses the lidar polarizing sensitivity by means of the Stokes–Müller formalism and provides a new tool to quantify the systematic error of the volume linear depolarization ration (δ) using the Monte Carlo technique. Results evidence the importance of the lidar polarizing effects which can lead to systematic errors larger than 100 %. Additionally, we demonstrate that a proper lidar characterization helps to reduce the uncertainty.
This work analyses the lidar polarizing sensitivity by means of the Stokes–Müller formalism and...
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