The development of a scanning Raman water vapor lidar for boundary layer and tropospheric observations

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 11 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1753-1766

  Eichinger, W E ^a,c   Cooper, D I ^b   Forman, P R ^b   Griegos, J ^b   Osborn, M A ^b   Richter, D ^b   Tellier, L L ^b   Thornton, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; SCANNER; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0033493258     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1753:tdoasr>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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