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Pico-Light H2O: intercomparison of in situ water vapour measurements during the AsA 2022 campaign
Mélanie Ghysels
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique (GSMA, CNRS UMR 7331), Université de Reims, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
Georges Durry
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique (GSMA, CNRS UMR 7331), Université de Reims, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
Nadir Amarouche
INSU Division Technique, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon CEDEX, France
Dale Hurst
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
NOAA GlobalMonitoring Laboratory, 325 Broadway R/GML1, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Emrys Hall
NOAA GlobalMonitoring Laboratory, 325 Broadway R/GML1, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Kensy Xiong
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
NOAA GlobalMonitoring Laboratory, 325 Broadway R/GML1, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Jean-Charles Dupont
Ecole Polytechnique, LMD/SIRTA, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau CEDEX, France
Jean-Christophe Samake
INSU Division Technique, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon CEDEX, France
Fabien Frérot
INSU Division Technique, 1 place Aristide Briand, 92195 Meudon CEDEX, France
Raghed Bejjani
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique (GSMA, CNRS UMR 7331), Université de Reims, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
Emmanuel D. Riviere
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique (GSMA, CNRS UMR 7331), Université de Reims, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
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Short summary
A tunable diode laser hygrometer, “Pico-Light H2O”, is presented and its performances are evaluated during the AsA 2022 balloon-borne intercomparison campaign from Aire-sur-l'Adour (France) in September 2022. A total of 15 balloons were launched within the framework of the EU-funded HEMERA project. Pico-Light H2O has been compared in situ with the NOAA Frost Point Hygrometer in the upper troposphere and stratosphere, as well as with meteorological sondes (iMet-4 and M20) in the troposphere.
A tunable diode laser hygrometer, “Pico-Light H2O”, is presented and its performances are...
