The application of a scanning, water Raman-lidar as a probe of the atmospheric boundary layer

Author

Eichinger, William E. ; Cooper, Daniel I. ; Parlange, Marc ; Katul, Gabriel

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

31

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

79

Abstract

A scanning water Raman-lidar, designed and constructed to study surface-atmosphere processes with high spatial and temporal resolution is described. It is shown that the lidar is able to measure the absolute water content and then calculate evaporative fluxes and other atmospheric parameters quickly over relatively large areas. This capability provides new opportunities for the study of microscale atmospheric processes. Examples of data and analyses are presented. An analysis is presented which determines the spatial and temporal resolution which is required of a remote sensor in the boundary layer

Keywords

Raman lasers; atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric measuring apparatus; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; 0 to 450 m; 248 nm; absolute water content; atmospheric boundary layer; evaporative fluxes; microscale atmospheric processes; remote sensor; scanning water Raman-lidar; surface-atmosphere processes; Area measurement; Atmospheric measurements; Data analysis; Information analysis; Laser radar; Moisture measurement; Probes; Remote sensing; Spatial resolution; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.210446

Filename

210446