1. Depolarization calibration of the polarization lidar by using fitting method
- Author
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Wang Bangxin, Zhong Zhiqing, Decheng Wu, Wang Zhenzhu, Liu Dong, Wang Yingjian, and Xie Chenbo
- Subjects
Materials science ,Lidar ,Optics ,Particle properties ,Atmospheric measurements ,Offset (computer science) ,Complex vector ,business.industry ,Scattering ,Depolarization ,business ,Polarization (waves) ,Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics - Abstract
As the non-spherical particles could be distinguished from spherical particles easily from polarization lidar measurement, polarization lidar was widely employed in the atmospheric measurements. However, it is very difficult to retrial the particle properties quantitatively from depolarization measurement due to the complex vector scattering model and the calibration of depolarization measurement. In this paper, a method for depolarization calibration of polarization lidar was introduced, and the offset angle of the half-wave plate and gain ratio could be determined exactly by using fitting method. The simulation and lidar measurements indicate that the polarization lidar could be calibrated well by using this method.
- Published
- 2018