Abstract

One of the main goals of the remote sensing of atmospheric aerosol is determination of the macrophysical parameters and microphysical characteristics of aerosol. Well known are the multi-wavelength lidar sounding possibilities of determining the size distribution of the scattering media particles. Two-wavelength sounding is the easiest realization of the multi-wavelength lidar sounding; employing appropriate techniques the spectral dependencies of the aerosol optical characteristics could be estimated. The paper presents estimations of the spectral transmittance of the atmosphere determined using a two-wavelength aerosol lidar.

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