Airborne and ground-based measurements using a high-performance raman lidar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1781-1801

  Whiteman, David N ^a   Rush, Kurt ^a   Rabenhorst, Scott ^b   Welch, Wayne ^c   Cadirola, Martin ^d   McIntire, Gerry ^e   Russo, Felicita ^f   Adam, Mariana ^g   Venable, Demetrius ^h   Connell, Rasheen ^h   Veselovskii, Igor ⁱ   Forno, Ricardo ^j   Mielke, Bernd ^k   Stein, Bernhard ^k   Leblanc, Thierry ^l   McDermid, Stuart ^l   Vömel, Holger ^m  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Welch Mechanical Designs   (United States)

^d Ecotronics LLC   (United States)

^e SGT INC   (United States)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^k Licel GmbH   (Germany)

^l CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^m Lindenberg Observatory   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EXTINCTION; AEROSOL INSTRUMENT; AEROSOL PARAMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC LIDARS; CLOUD DROPLET RADII; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; DIODE PUMPED LASERS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FLIGHT ALTITUDES; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION LIDARS; INTER-AGENCY COLLABORATION; INTERFERENCE FILTERS; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; LASER PERFORMANCE; LASER POWER; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; NUMBER DENSITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RAMAN LIDAR; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBAPERTURE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LANDFORMS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; PUMPING (LASER); RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; WATER ABSORPTION;

WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LASER METHOD; LIDAR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

CALIFORNIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 78649434662     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1391.1     Document Type: Article

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