Neely III, RR orcid.org/0000-0003-4560-4812 and Thayer, JP (2011) Raman Lidar Profiling of Tropospheric Water Vapor over Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 28 (9). pp. 1141-1148. ISSN 0739-0572
Abstract
A new measurement capability has been implemented in the Arctic Lidar Technology (ARCLITE) system at the Sondrestrom upper-atmosphere research facility near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland (67.0°N, 50.9°W), enabling estimates of atmospheric water vapor through the troposphere. A balloon campaign was simultaneously conducted to calibrate and validate the new lidar water vapor measurements. Initial results show that height-resolved profiles up to 10 km with better than 10% error are obtained with 30-min integration and 250-m height resolution. Comparison of the lidar observations with water vapor profiles retrieved by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on board the Aqua satellite agree within the error associated with each measurement. These new observations offer more routine measurements of water vapor in the Arctic to complement measurements related to the Arctic’s hydrologic cycle.
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Keywords: | Arctic; Upper troposphere; Water vapor; Lidars/Lidar observations; Radiosonde observations; Satellite observations |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > National Centre for Atmos Science (NCAS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2019 13:44 |
Last Modified: | 10 May 2019 13:44 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Meteorological Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1175/JTECH-D-10-05021.1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:92067 |