title: Layers of quasi-horizontally oriented ice crystals in cirrus clouds observed by a two-wavelength polarization lidar.
abstract: Layers of quasi-horizontally oriented ice crystals in cirrus clouds are observed by a two-wavelength polarization lidar. These layers of thickness of several hundred meters are identified by three attributes: the backscatter reveals a sharp ridge while the depolarization ratio and color ratio become deep minima. These attributes have been justified by theoretical calculations of these quantities within the framework of the physical-optics approximation.
authors.forename: Anatoli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borovoi
authors.forename: Yurii
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Balin
authors.forename: Grigorii
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kokhanenko
authors.forename: Iogannes
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Penner
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Konoshonkin
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kustova