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Liou 1972

Liou, K.-N., 1972: On depolarization of visible light from water clouds for a monostatic lidar. J. Atmos. Sci., 29, 1000-1003, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1972)029<1000:ODOVLF>2.0.CO;2.

Lidar has recently been employed in probing terrestrial clouds and aerosols to obtain useful information on their composition and structure. Liou and Schotland have proposed that the returned depolarization from a monostatic lidar can be used as a quantity for distinguishing between water and ice clouds. t is the purpose of this note to investigate if there are any differences in the values of backscattering and depolarization between observations and the theoretical Gamma functions proposed by Diermendjian by utilizing the theoretical clouds moels and the observed drop-size distributions.

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@article{li00300h,
  author={Liou, K.-N.},
  title={On depolarization of visible light from water clouds for a monostatic lidar},
  year={1972},
  journal={Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences},
  volume={29},
  pages={1000--1003},
  doi={10.1175/1520-0469(1972)029%3C1000%3AODOVLF%3E2.0.CO;2},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - li00300h
AU  - Liou, K.-N.
PY  - 1972
TI  - On depolarization of visible light from water clouds for a monostatic lidar
JA  - J. Atmos. Sci.
JO  - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
VL  - 29
SP  - 1000
EP  - 1003
DO  - 10.1175/1520-0469(1972)029%3C1000%3AODOVLF%3E2.0.CO;2
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