Comparison with lidar-derived water vapor with other moisture measurements during the CAMEX-2, LASE and WMO Field Campaigns
Document ID: 277
Evans, K. D.1
Melfi, S. H.2
Farrare, R. A.1
Whiteman, David N.3
Schwemmer, Geary3
Browell, E. V.4
Schmidlin, F. J.5
Harris, Ronnie S.6
Balsiger, Franz6
Philbrick, C. Russell6
Feltz, W.7
Smith, W. L.7
1 Hughes STX, under contract at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, U.S.A.
2 University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Deptartment of Physics, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
3 Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Greenbelt, MD, U.S.A.
4 ASD/Chemistry & Dynamics Branch. NASA/Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, U.S.A.
5 Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes. NASA/GSFC/Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA, , U.S.A.
6 The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Electrical Engineering, University Park, PA, U.S.A.
7 University of Wisconsin, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Presented: 18th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC)
Berlin, FRG, July 22-26, 1996
Abstract
Three field missions were conducted at Wallops Island, VA in August and September 1995. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scanning Raman Lidar participated in all three campaigns by measuring water vapor for ground truth comparisons. We present water vapor comparisons from 3 lidars. 2 in situ hygrometers, VIZ and Vaisala hygrometers, and an infrared interferometer. The comparisons agree to within 5-10% from the ground up to 7 km.
| Citation: | "Comparison with lidar-derived water vapor with other moisture measurements during the CAMEX-2, LASE and WMO Field Campaigns", Evans, K. D., S. H. Melfi, R. A. Farrare, D. N. Whiteman, G. Schwemmer, E. V. Browell, F. J. Schmidlin, R. S. Harris, F. Balsiger, C. R. Philbrick, W. Feltz, W. L. Smith, Advances in Atmospheric Remote Sensing with Lidar, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, GmbH, 1996, pp. 341 - 344, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60612-0, ISBN: 13:978-3-540-61887-4 |