Measurement of total water with a tunable diode laser hygrometer: Inlet analysis, calibration procedure, and ice water content determination

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 463-475

  Davis, Sean M ^a   Hallar, A Gannet ^a,b   Avallone, Linnea M ^a   Engblom, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

CLOSED-PATH TUNABLE DIODE LASER HYGROMETER (CLH); ICE WATER CONTENT (IWC);

HYGROMETERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYGROMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TROPOSPHERE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CIRRUS; CLOUD WATER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34047231227     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1975.1     Document Type: Article

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