--- a/README.md Fri Jun 05 14:06:28 2020 +0200 +++ b/README.md Fri Jun 05 14:23:41 2020 +0200 @@ -1,28 +1,34 @@ -Calculation of pollarization correction factors for atmospheric lidar system, developed by Volker Freudenthaler (LMU). +Calculation of polarisation correction factors for atmospheric lidar system, developed by Volker Freudenthaler (LMU, Munich, Germany). # Theory The theoretical basis of the script is described in detail in : ->Freudenthaler, V.: About the effects of polarising optics on lidar signals and the Δ90 calibration, +Freudenthaler, V.: +About the effects of polarising optics on lidar signals and the Δ90 calibration, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4181-4255, doi:10.5194/amt-9-4181-2016, 2016 ->http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/9/4181/2016/ +http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/9/4181/2016/ Additional information can be found in: ->Bravo-Aranda, J. A., Belegante, L., Freudenthaler, V., Alados-Arboledas, L., Nicolae, D., Granados-Muñoz, M. J., +Bravo-Aranda, J. A., Belegante, L., Freudenthaler, V., Alados-Arboledas, L., Nicolae, D., Granados-Muñoz, M. J., Guerrero-Rascado, J. L., Amodeo, A., D'Amico, G., Engelmann, R., Pappalardo, G., Kokkalis, P., Mamouri, R., Papayannis, A., Navas-Guzmán, F., Olmo, F. J., Wandinger, U., Amato, F., and -Haeffelin, M.: Assessment of lidar depolarization uncertainty by means of a polarimetric lidar -simulator, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4935-4953, doi:10.5194/amt-9-4935-2016, 2016. ->http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/9/4935/2016/ +Haeffelin, M.: +Assessment of lidar depolarization uncertainty by means of a polarimetric lidar simulator, +Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 4935-4953, doi:10.5194/amt-9-4935-2016, 2016. +http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/9/4935/2016/ # Use To run the script you need to: +1. Read the information in the script header. + 1. Create a file describing your system settings and parameters. You can find an example file in the "system_settings" folder. Give a descriptive name and save it in the "system_settings" folder. -2. Open the "lidar_correction_ghk.py" file, and set the variable InputFile to the filename you chose in step 1. +2. Edit the "GHK_0.9.8e5_Py3.7.py" or the current script file with an ASCII editor and set the variable InputFile below line 281 to the filename you chose in step 1. -3. Run "python lidar_correction_ghk.py" +3. Run the script "GHK_0.9.8e5_Py3.7.py" (or the current version). +Note: _0.9.8e5 in the script filename is the script version and _Py3.7 indicates that it is tested with Python 3.7. +