White-light filaments for multiparameter analysis of cloud microphysics

Riad Bourayou, Guillaume Méjean, Jérôme Kasparian, Miguel Rodriguez, Estelle Salmon, Jin Yu, Holger Lehmann, Bringfried Stecklum, Uwe Laux, Jochen Eislöffel, Alexander Scholz, Artie P. Hatzes, Roland Sauerbrey, Ludger Wöste, Jean Pierre Wolf

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Abstract

We present a lidar technique using femtosecond-terawatt laser pulses to perform a multiparameter analysis of cloud microphysics. Particle size and density within the cloud are deduced from the multispectral multiple scattering pattern of an ultrashort laser pulse. Furthermore, the spectral analysis of the atmospheric transmission of the white-light continuum from the same laser source yields temperature and relative humidity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)369-377
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2005
Externally publishedYes

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