Development of an optimal estimation retrieval scheme for a Raman lidar system
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of mathematical symbols used Symbol Description Units λ 0,X Emission/observation wavelength m r Range from instrument m z Vertical height above the instrument m c Speed of light in vacuum m s −1 H[x] Heaviside step function, which equals unity for x > 0 and zero otherwise — P (λ, r) Number of photons observed at wavelength λ from range r counts η(λ) Instrument detection efficiency at λ — σ(λ) Scattering cross-section at λ m 2 Ω Solid angle sr T (λ, r 0 , r 1) Atmospheric transmission from r 0 to r 1. If only one coordinate given, instead, from 0 to r
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