Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1143-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1143-2018
Research article
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27 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 27 Feb 2018

Water vapour retrieval using the Precision Solar Spectroradiometer

Panagiotis-Ioannis Raptis, Stelios Kazadzis, Julian Gröbner, Natalia Kouremeti, Lionel Doppler, Ralf Becker, and Constantinos Helmis

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The purpose of this work is to retrieve integrated water vapour using spectral measurements from Precision Solar Spectroradiometer (PSR). Two different approaches were developed one using single-channel direct sun irradiance measurements, and the second one integrating at a certain spectral region. The results of the spectral approach are closer to the retrievals of non-photometric techniques (GPS, microwave radiometer and radiosondes), suggesting this method provide more accurate IWV product.
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