Water vapor profiling using a widely tunable, amplified diode-laser-based differential absorption lidar (DIAL)

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 733-745

  Nehrir, Amin R ^a   Repasky, Kevin S ^a   Carlsten, John L ^b   Obland, Michael D ^b,c   Shaw, Joseph A ^a  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSEGRAIN TELESCOPES; DATA COMPARISONS; DIAL INSTRUMENT; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; EXTERNAL-CAVITY DIODE LASER; INCIDENT ANGLES; LASER TRANSMITTERS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY; NARROW BAND OPTICAL FILTERS; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS; SCATTERED LIGHT; SPECTRAL RANGE; WATER VAPOR PROFILE; WIDELY TUNABLE;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERICS; DIODE AMPLIFIERS; LASERS; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELESCOPES; TRANSMITTERS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

ABSORPTION; AUTOMATION; DETECTION METHOD; FILTER; LASER; LIDAR; RADIOSONDE; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 70349188579     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1201.1     Document Type: Article

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