A two-channel, tunable diode laser-based hygrometer for measurement of water vapor and cirrus cloud ice water content in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 211-224

  Thornberry, T D ^a,b   Rollins, A W ^a,b   Gao, R S ^a   Watts, L A ^a,b   Ciciora, S J ^a   McLaughlin, R J ^a,b   Fahey, D W ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECISION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84937149072     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-211-2015     Document Type: Article

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