Twenty-four-hour Raman lidar water vapor measurements during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program's 1996 and 1997 water vapor intensive observation periods

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1062-1076

  Turner, D D ^a   Goldsmith, J E M ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LIDAR; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033454720     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1062:TFHRLW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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