Liquid water cloud measurements using the Raman Lidar Technique: Current understanding and future research needs

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1337-1353

  Sakai, Tetsu ^a   Whiteman, David N ^b   Russo, Felicita ^c   Turner, David D ^d   Veselovskii, Igor ^e   Harvey Melfi, S ^b   Nagai, Tomohiro ^a   Mano, Yuzo ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EMITTED RADIANCE INTERFEROMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; LIQUID WATER MEASUREMENTS; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH CLOUD RADARS; RAMAN BACKSCATTERING SPECTRA; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; VAPORS;

LIQUIDS;

BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATUS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84881420189     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00099.1     Document Type: Article

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