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Appl Opt. 1981 May 1;20(9):1503-10. doi: 10.1364/AO.20.001503.
Lidar provides the means to evaluate quantitatively the spatial and temporal variability of smoke and dust clouds as they are transported downwind from particulate sources. Quantitative evaluation of cloud optical and physical densities from cloud backscatter is complicated by effects from particle size, shape, and composition and by attenuation and multiple scattering for dense clouds. Examples are presented that review use of the lidar technique to provide useful evaluations of smoke and dust clouds.
激光雷达提供了一种手段，可用于定量评估烟尘云从颗粒物源向下风方向传输时的空间和时间变异性。根据云的后向散射对云的光学密度和物理密度进行定量评估，会受到颗粒大小、形状和成分的影响，以及浓密云的衰减和多次散射的干扰。文中给出了一些示例，回顾了激光雷达技术在烟尘云的有用评估方面的应用。
