A Recipe to Obtain Lidar Polarisation Calibration Parameters G, H and K

The accuracy of the polarisation calibration is of prime importance for aerosol classification using lidars. We present a detailed description how to obtain the calibration parameters introduced in 2016 [1] accounting for various effects of non-ideal optics, lasers and atmospheric conditions. We find that crucial parameters such as the rotation angle of the plane of polarisation of the Laser (RotL ) as well as the degree of linear polarisation (DOLP ) influence the volume linear depolarisation ratio significantly.