emc2.simulator.lidar_moments.calc_lidar_moments¶
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emc2.simulator.lidar_moments.
calc_lidar_moments
(instrument, model, is_conv, ext_OD=10, OD_from_sfc=True, **kwargs)[source]¶ Calculates the lidar backscatter, extinction, and optical depth in a given column for the given lidar.
- Parameters
- instrument: Instrument
The instrument to simulate. The instrument must be a lidar.
- model: Model
The model to generate the parameters for.
- is_conv: bool
True if the cell is convective
- ext_OD: float
The optical depth at which the lidar signal is fully extinct.
- z_field: str
The name of the altitude field to use.
- OD_from_sfc: bool
If True, then calculate optical depth from the surface.
- Additonal keyword arguments are passed into
- :py:func:`emc2.simulator.lidar_moments.calc_LDR`.
- Returns
- model: Model
The model with the added simulated lidar parameters.