Calibration and validation of water vapour lidar measurements from Eureka, Nunavut, using radiosondes and the atmospheric chemistry experiment fourier transform spectrometer

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 741-749

  Moss, A ^a   Sica, R J ^a   McCullough, E ^a   Strawbridge, K ^b   Walker, K ^c   Drummond, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIDAR; MIXING RATIO; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOPAUSE; WATER VAPOR;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EUREKA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 84882746529     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-741-2013     Document Type: Article

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