Simultaneous measurement of humidity and temperature in the lower troposphere over Chung-Li, Taiwan

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1389-1396

  Chiang, Chih Wei ^a,b   Das, Subrata Kumar ^b   Nee, Jan Bai ^b   Hu, Shun xing ^c   Hu, Huan ling ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Extinction to backscatter ratio; Raman Rayleigh lidar; Temperature; Water vapor mixing ratio

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LOADING; EXTINCTION-TO-BACKSCATTER RATIO; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MIXING RATIOS; PHYSICAL NATURE; RAMAN-RAYLEIGH LIDAR; RAYLEIGH LIDAR; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; BACKSCATTERING; MOISTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TROPOSPHERE;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 67650526616     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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