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Here, these reflections are considered in comparison with mesospheric and stratospheric lidar signals that makes it possible to determine favorable conditions for thermospheric lidar observations. In 2014, it was shown that lines of transitions between the excited states of atomic nitrogen ions fall within the 532 nm lidar signal emission band, and in 2017, lidar reflections in the thermosphere were simultaneously obtained at 561 and 532 nm excited transitions of atomic oxygen and nitrogen ions, thereby the resonant nature of thermospheric lidar reflections was established and confirmed. Here, using lidar signals at wavelengths of 561 and 532 nm in the altitude range of 30\u2013400 km, by solving the inverse problem, we restore the light scattering coefficients corresponding to these wavelengths that makes it possible to compare the optical characteristics of the thermosphere, mesosphere, and upper stratosphere and to determine the relationship between resonant, Rayleigh, and aerosol light scattering at different heights of the atmosphere. In conclusion, using the scattering coefficients in the thermosphere, we find the cross-sections of light scattering at the 561 and 532 nm transitions of atomic oxygen and nitrogen ions and explain why the scattering coefficients for O+, 561 nm are less than for N+, 532 nm, while the concentration of O+ is two orders of magnitude higher than N+. The results obtained here are of interest for understanding the ionization effect of solar activity on the optical characteristics of the atmosphere that determine weather and climate changes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14236108","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,2]],"date-time":"2022-12-02T03:28:04Z","timestamp":1669951684000},"page":"6108","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Atmospheric Optical Characteristics in the Area of 30\u2013400 km"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0625-0361","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Boris M.","family":"Shevtsov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation, FEB RAS, 7, Mirnaya St., Paratunka, 684034 Kamchatka, Russia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3972-2919","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrey N.","family":"Perezhogin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation, FEB RAS, 7, Mirnaya St., Paratunka, 684034 Kamchatka, Russia"}]},{"given":"Ilya N.","family":"Seredkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Cosmophysical Research and Radio Wave Propagation, FEB RAS, 7, Mirnaya St., Paratunka, 684034 Kamchatka, Russia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6024","DOI":"10.1364\/AO.36.006024","article-title":"Analysis of lidar systems for profiling aurorally-excited molecular species","volume":"36","author":"Collins","year":"1997","journal-title":"Appl. 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