Long-term evaluation of temperature profiles measured by an operational raman lidar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1616-1634

  Newsom, Rob K ^a   Turner, David D ^b   Goldsmith, John E M ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; LONG-TERM EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS; RADIOSONDE TEMPERATURE; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOSONDES; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CALIBRATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIDAR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RADIOSONDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84884326317     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00138.1     Document Type: Article

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