Polarization effects on oceanographic lidar.
A simplified radiative transfer equation yields a simple analytic expression for the co- and cross-polarized return in a linearly polarized oceanographic lidar. This equation agrees well with the lidar data over a wide range of oceanographic conditions. The relationship between depolarization and lidar attenuation shows three distinct relationships corresponding to water within the Columbia River plume, near-shore water outside of the plume, and off-shore water.
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA. james.h.churnside@noaa.gov
James H
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Churnside
D003198:Computer Simulation; D007834:Lasers; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D011825:Radar; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*