Articles | Volume 18, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3179-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3179-2025
Research article
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15 Jul 2025
Research article |  | 15 Jul 2025

A new method to retrieve relative humidity profiles from a synergy of Raman lidar, microwave radiometer, and satellite

Chengli Ji, Qiankai Jin, Feilong Li, Yuyang Liu, Zhicheng Wang, Jiajia Mao, Xiaoyu Ren, Yan Xiang, Wanlin Jian, Zhenyi Chen, and Peitao Zhao

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This study presents the humidity measurements with a synergistic algorithm combining Raman lidar,  microwave radiometer, and satellite. The results from 47 sites in China show the best correlation over 0.9 concerning the radiosonde measurements. This validates the relative humidity (RH) accuracy with various data integrations. Three representative sites present the different seasonal characteristics, indicating the geographic and height influences on the RH vertical distribution.
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