title: Lidar extinction methods applied to observations of obscurant events.
abstract: The SRI four-wavelength (0.53-, 1.06-, 3.8-, and 10.6-microm) lidar system was used during the Smoke Week VI/SNOW-TWO field experiments to observe range-resolved backscatter and target-reflected laser energy along a horizontal path intersected by test obscurant aerosols. Collected data are analyzed in terms of extinction coefficients and transmissions along laser propagation paths using three different lidar signature methods.
authors.affiliation: SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Uthe
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Livingston