3-dimensional observations of atmospheric humidity with a scanning differential absorption Lidar

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7475, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Behrendt, Andreas ^a   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^a   Riede, Andrea ^a   Wagner, Gerd ^a   Pal, Sandip ^a   Bauer, Heinz ^a   Radlach, Marcus ^a   Späth, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; DIAL; Lidar; Titanium:Sapphire laser; Turbulence; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; 3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA PRODUCTS; DIAL; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; DIODE-PUMPED; END-PUMPED; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GERMAN RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS; INTERCOMPARISONS; LIDAR; ND : YAG LASERS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; SOIL VEGETATION ATMOSPHERES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TITANIUM:SAPPHIRE LASERS; WATER VAPOR FIELDS; WEATHER RESEARCH;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; CORUNDUM; MOISTURE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL RADAR; PUMPING (LASER); REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SAPPHIRE; SCANNING; TITANIUM; TRANSMITTERS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 70450200585     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.835143     Document Type: Conference Paper

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