Intercomparison of atmospheric water vapor soundings from the differential absorption lidar (DIAL) and the solar FTIR system on Mt. Zugspitze

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 835-841

  Vogelmann, H ^a   Sussmann, R ^a   Trickl, T ^a   Borsdorff, T ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LIDAR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

ALPS; BAVARIA; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; GERMANY; WETTERSTEIN MOUNTAINS; ZUGSPITZE;

EID: 79960489933     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-835-2011     Document Type: Article

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