Intercomparison and amalgamation of interferometer and Raman lidar data

Author

Smith, W.L. ; Feltz, W.F. ; Knuteson, R.E. ; Revercomb, H.E. ; Melfi, S.H. ; Ferrare, R.A.

Author_Institution

Cooperative Inst. for Meteorol. Satellite Studies, Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 Apr 1995

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

97

Abstract

The ground-based Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer and the aircraft ER-2 High resolution Interferometer Sounder have operated simultaneously with the GSFC Raman lidar during several field experiments; FIRE II/Spectre at Coffeyville Kansas during November-December 1991, and CAMEX at Wallops Island, Virginia during September-October 1993, and the ARM Single Column Model IOP at Lament, Oklahoma during April 1994. These data are used to validate simultaneous retrievals of atmospheric moisture by the three instruments. These data are used to investigate the extent to which passive radiometric soundings of atmospheric temperature, from the ground and from aircraft or satellite, can be improved by using detailed water vapor profiles supplied by active systems such as the Raman lidar

Keywords

Raman lasers; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; humidity measurement; laser beam applications; microwave measurement; millimetre wave measurement; optical radar; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by laser beam; temperature measurement; Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer; ER-2 High resolution Interferometer Sounder; Raman lidar; atmosphere meteorology; humidity; interferometer; laser beam; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; moisture; remote sensing; simultaneous retrieval; temperature; water vapor; water vapour; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Fires; Information retrieval; Instruments; Land surface temperature; Laser radar; Moisture; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Combined Optical-Microwave Earth and Atmosphere Sensing, 1995. Conference Proceedings., Second Topical Symposium on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2402-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMEAS.1995.472327

Filename

472327