FEATURE OF ESTIMATING THE SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDO FROM LIDAR DATA

A “LOZA-S” system, Tomsk, provides the extinction σ and backscattering β coefficients at the wavelengths within λ = 355–1064 nm with a height step of 12 m. The set of parameters (3β + 2σ) allows for a separate fraction-wise, simultaneous retrieval of the refractive index m = m real + m image *i and the particle size distribution function U (r) = U fine (r) + U coarse (r), r is the particle radius. The reconstruction errors of m fine + U fine (r) / m coarse + U coarse (r) and corresponding albedo are studied, when m fine < and/or > m coarse.