title: Analytical modeling of Raman lidar return, including multiple scattering.
abstract: An analytical approach to modeling Raman lidar return with multiple scattering in presented. This approach is based on a small-angle quasi-single-scattering approximation developed earlier for elastic lidar sounding. An approximation of isotropic backscattering for the Raman-scattering case is proposed and tested. The computed results are presented and compared with known data. The approximation was found to be quite simple and provided a high accuracy of Raman lidar return calculations.
authors.affiliation: B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, Belarusian National Academy of Sciences, Prospect F. Scaryna 68, Minsk 220072, Belarus. mal@zege.bas-net.by
authors.forename: Aleksey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Malinka
authors.forename: Eleonora P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Zege