First airborne water vapor lidar measurements in the tropical upper troposphere and mid-latitudes lower stratosphere: Accuracy evaluation and intercomparisons with other instruments

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5245-5261

  Kiemle, C ^a   Wirth, M ^a   Fix, A ^a   Ehret, G ^a   Schumann, U ^a   Gardiner, T ^b   Schiller, C ^c   Sitnikov, N ^d   Stiller, G ^e  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIDAR; MIXING RATIO; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

FALCONIDAE;

EID: 51349131920     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-5245-2008     Document Type: Article

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