Articles | Volume 18, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4003-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4003-2025
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27 Aug 2025
Peer-reviewed comment |  | 27 Aug 2025

Comment on “Design study for an airborne N2O lidar” by Kiemle et al. (2024)

Joel F. Campbell, Bing Lin, and Zhaoyan Liu

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This is a reply to a recent article by Christoph Kiemle et al., critical of CO2 measurements using continuous-wave (CW) lidar. We show CW lidar is not only capable of measuring range but also capable of measuring range to the required accuracy without the aid of an external altimeter.
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