Differential absorption and Raman lidar for water vapor profile measurements - A review
Abstract
Differential absorption lidar and Raman lidar have been applied to the range-resolved measurements of water vapor density for more than 20 years. Results have been obtained using both lidar techniques that have led to improved understanding of water vapor distributions in the atmosphere. This paper reviews the theory of the measurements, including the sources of systematic and random error; the progress in lidar technology and techniques during that period, including a brief look at some of the lidar systems in development or proposed; and the steps being taken to improve such lidar systems.
- Publication:
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Optical Engineering
- Pub Date:
- January 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.55772
- Bibcode:
- 1991OptEn..30...40G
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Composition;
- Dye Lasers;
- Optical Radar;
- Radar Measurement;
- Water Vapor;
- Error Analysis;
- Laser Applications;
- Line Spectra;
- Raman Spectra;
- Scattering Cross Sections;
- Lasers and Masers