Two decades of water vapor measurements with the FISH fluorescence hygrometer: A review

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8521-8538

  Meyer, J ^a,j   Rolf, C ^a   Schiller, C ^a   Rohs, S ^a   Spelten, N ^a   Afchine, A ^a   Zoger M ^b   Sitnikov, N ^c   Thornberry, T D ^d,e   Rollins, A W ^d,e   Bozoki Z ^f   Tatrai D ^f   Ebert, V ^g,h   Kuhnreich B ^g,h   Mackrodt, P ^g   Mohler O ⁱ   Saathoff, H ⁱ   Rosenlof, K H ^d   Kramer M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^g PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^h DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology IUTA   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIXING RATIO; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84938313757     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8521-2015     Document Type: Review

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