Validation of the Analytical Model of Oceanic Lidar Returns: Comparisons with Monte Carlo Simulations and Experimental Results

Yudi Zhou; Weibiao Chen; Xiaoyu Cui; Aleksey Malinka; Qun Liu; Bing Han; Xueji Wang; Wenqi Zhuo; Haochi Che; Qingjun Song; Xiaolei Zhu; Dong Liu

doi:10.3390/rs11161870

Remote Sensing (Aug 2019)

Validation of the Analytical Model of Oceanic Lidar Returns: Comparisons with Monte Carlo Simulations and Experimental Results

Yudi Zhou,
Weibiao Chen,
Xiaoyu Cui,
Aleksey Malinka,
Qun Liu,
Bing Han,
Xueji Wang,
Wenqi Zhuo,
Haochi Che,
Qingjun Song,
Xiaolei Zhu,
Dong Liu

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Yudi Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Weibiao Chen: Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
Xiaoyu Cui: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Aleksey Malinka: Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Pr. Nezavisimosti 68-2, Minsk 220072, Belarus
Qun Liu: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Bing Han: National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin 300112, China
Xueji Wang: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Wenqi Zhuo: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Haochi Che: Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
Qingjun Song: National Satellite Ocean Application Service, Beijing 100081, China
Xiaolei Zhu: Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
Dong Liu: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11161870
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 16
p. 1870

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The analytical model based on the quasi-single small-angle scattering approximation can efficiently simulate oceanic lidar signals with multiple scattering; thus, its accuracy is of particular interest to scientists. In this paper, the model is modified to include refraction at oblique incidence and is then compared with Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and experimental results. Under different conditions, the results calculated by the analytical model demonstrate good agreement with the MC simulation and experimental data. The coefficient of determination R2 considering the logarithm of signals and the root mean square of the relative difference δ are R2 = 0.998 and δ = 10% in comparison with the semi-analytic MC simulation and R2 = 0.952 and δ = 46% for the lidar experiment. Thus, the results demonstrate the validity of the analytical model in the simulation of oceanic lidar signals.

Published in Remote Sensing

ISSN: 2072-4292 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/

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