Glossary
Lidar measurement of aerosols and its importance in air monitoring

Signal inversion :

A method for recovering geophysical parameters such as aerosol optical properties from raw measurements, such as those shown in figure 3.

Variational method :

A mathematical approach based on minimizing a cost function with respect to the variable sought. The cost function may be more or less complex, but it always takes into account the measurement, its estimation and measurement uncertainties.

Extinction coefficient :

Coefficient representing the local attenuation of radiation at a given wavelength. It is the sum of scattering...