Author Affiliations
1Faulty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China2Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China3Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Qingdao 266071, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Relationship between s12, s22, s33 and particle scattering angle
Fig. 2. Flowchart of polarization Monte Carlo simulation
Fig. 3. Geometric diagram of the meridian and scattering planes
Fig. 4. (a) Profile of chlorophyll-a concentration in low, medium and high scattering layer; (b) Absorption coefficient a profile; (c) Scattering coefficient b profile
Fig. 5. Simulated shipborne oceanographic lidar return signals in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high scattering layer
Fig. 6. Depolarization ratio profiles from shipborne oceanographic lidar return signals in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high scattering layer
Fig. 7. Single scattering ratio profiles of simulated shipborne oceanographic lidar return signals in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high scattering layer
Fig. 8. Relationship between relative errors of depolarization ratio and single scattering ratios
Fig. 9. Relationship between single scattering ratio and field of view (a) above, (b) in and (c) below the scattering layer
Fig. 10. Relationship between relative errors of depolarization ratio and field of view (a) above, (b) in and (c) below the scattering layer
Parameters | Value | Laser wavelength/nm | 532 | Telescope diameter/m | 0.3 | Field of view/mrad | 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 | Platform height/m | 5 | Phase function | Petzold | Transmission photon counts | 107 | Maximum scattering times | 20 | Profile resolution/m | 0.1 |
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Table 1. Parameters for simulation of shipborne oceanographic lidar