title: Integral-equation method for interpreting laser-sounding data on atmospheric gas components using differential absorption.
abstract: Data on laser sounding of an atmospheric humidity field are interpreted by using the differential-absorption method. A regularizing algorithm for restoring the accuracy of the water-vapor profile by resolving the errors of optical measurements and fluctuations of the aerosol backscattering coefficient is suggested. The efficiency of the inversion method is illustrated, using a numerical experiment and examples of restitution of the humidity profiles based on data of laser sounding up to 8-km altitudes.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Atmospheric Optics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Tomsk, USSR.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Ivanenko
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Naats