Ground-based water vapor raman lidar measurements up to the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere for long-term monitoring

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-36

  Leblanc, T ^a   McDermid, I S ^a   Walsh, T D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AURA (SATELLITE); CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; EOS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MONITORING SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84857719570     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-17-2012     Document Type: Article

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