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Specifics of Sounding the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with a Turbulent Lidar

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Recommendations on the use of an aerosol turbulent lidar for research in the atmospheric boundary layer are given. A feature of a turbulent lidar is that the sounding path angle should not exceed 10°. It is found that the optimal path angle is 4°, at which it is possible to determine the structural parameter of the refractive index \(C_{n}^{2}\) in the altitude range from 100 m to 1 km. This range can be doubled if sounding at two or three angles to the horizon.

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The author is grateful to A.P. Rostov for the advice, useful discussion of the results of the work, and the help in organizing scintilllometer measurements of the turbulence strength.

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The was performed within Project of Fundamental Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences no. AAAA-A17-117021310149-4.

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Razenkov, I.A. Specifics of Sounding the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with a Turbulent Lidar. Atmos Ocean Opt 33, 610–615 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856020060123

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