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Research article
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08 May 2018
Research article |
| 08 May 2018
| 08 May 2018
Calibration of Raman lidar water vapor profiles by means of AERONET photometer observations and GDAS meteorological data
Guangyao Dai
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Julian Hofer
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Ronny Engelmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Patric Seifert
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Johannes Bühl
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Rodanthi-Elisavet Mamouri
Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Songhua Wu
College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao National Laboratory for
Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Albert Ansmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
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Short summary
The presented calibration method grants access to quality approved automated atmospheric water vapor profiles from lidar measurements. This method uses the Raman lidar data from the water vapor and nitrogen channels and additional data from sun photometer and GDAS. The retrieved water vapor profiles agree well with respective profiles from radio soundings. The paper describes this method and shows results from the CyCARE (Cyprus Cloud Aerosol and Rain Experiment) campaign in 2015–2017.
The presented calibration method grants access to quality approved automated atmospheric water...
