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Transfer of Laser Pulses through the Atmosphere into Space in the Presence of Clouds of the Upper and Middle Tiers

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Mathematical models of the atmosphere have been developed for a laser wavelength of 0.532 μm, including the optical characteristics of a crystalline environment for aggregate structures of ice particles. Calculations of the optical radiation transfer from subnanosecond laser pulses of ground stations to high-orbit and low-orbit spacecraft in the presence of clouds of upper and middle tiers are performed. It is shown that the principles of no-demand (one-way) laser ranging can be implemented in the presence of frontal cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus clouds, as well as altostratus clouds in the sky with established limitations on optical thickness.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank a reviewer for constructive recommendations that allowed us to significantly improve the text of the paper and are sincerely grateful to V.D. Shargorodsky for proposing the research topic and valuable consultations in the process of work, T.B. Zhuravleva for her help in obtaining the data on the scattering functions and useful discussions on formulating the problem, and L.V. Dobrovolskaya for help in processing the calculation materials.

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  1. 12th Central Research Institute, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, 141307, Sergiev Posad, Moscow oblast, Russia

    V. P. Busygin

  2. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Ginzburg

  3. AO Research and Production Corporation Precision Systems and Instruments, Roscosmos State Corporation, 111024, Moscow, Russia

    I. Yu. Kuzmina

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Busygin, V.P., Ginzburg, A.S. & Kuzmina, I.Y. Transfer of Laser Pulses through the Atmosphere into Space in the Presence of Clouds of the Upper and Middle Tiers. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 57, 594–605 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433821050030

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