Glossary
Atmospheric and Meteorological Lidar Backscatter lidar for aerosols and clouds

elastic scattering

Diffusion without wavelength change.

color ratio

Ratio of backscatter coefficients for 2 wavelengths.

depolarisation ratio; rapport de dépolarisation

Ratio of backscatter coefficients for 2 orthogonal polarizations, one of which is identical to that emitted by the probing laser.

scattering ratio

Normalization of total backscatter (molecules plus particles) by molecular backscatter at the same wavelength.

backscattering

180° elastic backward diffusion.

apparent backscatter

Backscatter attenuated by particle transmission.