Comparison of the geometrical and physical optics approximations for solving the problem of light scattering by quasi-horizontally oriented ice plates

Alexander V. Konoshonkin; Natalia V. Kustova; Anatoli G. Borovoi

doi:10.1117/12.2074672

25 November 2014 Comparison of the geometrical and physical optics approximations for solving the problem of light scattering by quasi-horizontally oriented ice plates

Alexander V. Konoshonkin, Natalia V. Kustova, Anatoli G. Borovoi

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Proceedings Volume 9292, 20th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics; 92922H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2074672
Event: 20th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 2014, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

At the present time quasi-horizontally oriented ice plates of cirrus clouds become the object of active research. Experimental observations of such kind of objects are carried out using multiwave and polarization lidars. The interpretation of lidar signals is now based on the solutions obtained in the approximation of both physical and geometrical optics. The article compares these approximations for the solution of light backscattering by quasihorizontally oriented hexagonal ice plates. Special attention is paid to the limits of applicability of geometrical optics method for solving such problems.

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Alexander V. Konoshonkin, Natalia V. Kustova, and Anatoli G. Borovoi "Comparison of the geometrical and physical optics approximations for solving the problem of light scattering by quasi-horizontally oriented ice plates", Proc. SPIE 9292, 20th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 92922H (25 November 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2074672

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