Observations of water vapor by ground-based microwave radiometers and Raman lidar

1994 ◽  
Vol 99 (D9) ◽  
pp. 18695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Han ◽  
J. B. Snider ◽  
E. R. Westwater ◽  
S. H. Melfi ◽  
R. A. Ferrare
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Raman Lidar ◽  
Microwave Radiometers

Narrow-band, narrow-field-of-view Raman lidar with combined day and night capability for tropospheric water-vapor profile measurements

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (9) ◽  
pp. 1841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott E. Bisson ◽  
John E. M. Goldsmith ◽  
Mark G. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Field Of View ◽  
Raman Lidar

Raman lidar water vapor profiling over Warsaw, Poland

2017 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 258-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona S. Stachlewska ◽  
Montserrat Costa-Surós ◽  
Dietrich Althausen
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Raman Lidar

scholarly journals A Satellite-Based Assessment of Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor Measurements during AFWEX

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 2284-2294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eui-Seok Chung ◽  
Brian J. Soden
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Radiative Transfer Model ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Raman Lidar ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Upper Troposphere ◽  
Brightness Temperatures ◽  
Radiation Test ◽  
Humidity Measurements ◽  
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement

Abstract Consistency of upper-tropospheric water vapor measurements from a variety of state-of-the-art instruments was assessed using collocated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-8 (GOES-8) 6.7-μm brightness temperatures as a common benchmark during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment (FIRE) Water Vapor Experiment (AFWEX). To avoid uncertainties associated with the inversion of satellite-measured radiances into water vapor quantity, profiles of temperature and humidity observed from in situ, ground-based, and airborne instruments are inserted into a radiative transfer model to simulate the brightness temperature that the GOES-8 would have observed under those conditions (i.e., profile-to-radiance approach). Comparisons showed that Vaisala RS80-H radiosondes and Meteolabor Snow White chilled-mirror dewpoint hygrometers are systemically drier in the upper troposphere by ∼30%–40% relative to the GOES-8 measured upper-tropospheric humidity (UTH). By contrast, two ground-based Raman lidars (Cloud and Radiation Test Bed Raman lidar and scanning Raman lidar) and one airborne differential absorption lidar agree to within 10% of the GOES-8 measured UTH. These results indicate that upper-tropospheric water vapor can be monitored by these lidars and well-calibrated, stable geostationary satellites with an uncertainty of less than 10%, and that correction procedures are required to rectify the inherent deficiencies of humidity measurements in the upper troposphere from these radiosondes.

scholarly journals A Lidar at Clermont-Ferrand—France to describe the boundary layer dynamics, aerosols, cirrus and tropospheric water vapor

2018 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 05047
Author(s):  
J.L. Baray ◽  
P. Fréville ◽  
N. Montoux ◽  
A. Chauvigné ◽  
D. Hadad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Water Vapor ◽  
Vertical Profiles ◽  
Raman Lidar ◽  
Tropospheric Aerosols ◽  
Boundary Layer Dynamics

A Rayleigh-Mie-Raman LIDAR provides vertical profiles of tropospheric variables at Clermont-Ferrand (France) since 2008, in order to describe the boundary layer dynamics, tropospheric aerosols, cirrus and water vapor. It is included in the EARLINET network. We performed hardware/software developments in order to upgrade the quality, calibration and improve automation. We present an overview of the system and some examples of measurements and a preliminary geophysical analysis of the data.

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