Water vapor flux measurements from ground-based vertically pointed water vapor differential absorption and Doppler Lidars

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-250

  Giez, Andreas ^a   Ehret, Gerhard ^a   Schwiesow, Ronald L ^b,c   Davis, Kenneth J ^b,d   Lenschow, Donald H ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0032756808     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0237:WVFMFG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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