Correction method for RS80-A humicap humidity profiles and their validation by lidar backscattering profiles in tropical cirrus clouds

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-29

  Leiterer, Ulrich ^a   Dier, Horst ^a   Nagel, Dagmar ^a,b   Naebert, Tatjana ^a   Althausen, Dietrich ^c   Franke, Kathleen ^a,c   Kats, Alexandre ^d   Wagner, Frank ^e  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Federal State Unitary Enterprise   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ICE; OPTICAL RADAR; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORS;

CIRRUS CLOUDS; CORRECTION METHOD; PROFILE MEASUREMENT; RADIOSONDE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BACKSCATTER; CIRRUS; HUMIDITY; LIDAR; RADIOSONDE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 14344264475     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-1684.1     Document Type: Article

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