Analysis of Raman lidar and radiosonde measurements from the AWEX-G field campaign and its relation to Aqua validation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Whiteman, David N ^a   Russo, F ^b   Demoz, B ^a   Miloshevich, Larry M ^c   Veselovskii, I ^b   Hannon, S ^b   Wang, Z ^d   Vomel H ^e   Schmidlin, F ^a   Lesht, B ^f   Moore, P J ^g   Beebe, A S ^h,i   Gambacorta, A ^b   Barnet, Christopher D ^j  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^g US Department of Energy/Argonne National Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^h SGT INC   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^j NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; GEOPHYSICS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SURVEY; LIDAR; MODEL VALIDATION; RADIOSONDE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33745465370     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006429     Document Type: Article

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