Calibration of a water vapour Raman lidar with a kite-based humidity  sensor

Totems, Julien; Chazette, Patrick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1083-2016

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CHemistry and AeRosols Mediterranean EXperiments (ChArMEx)...

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15 Mar 2016

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| 15 Mar 2016

Calibration of a water vapour Raman lidar with a kite-based humidity sensor

Julien Totems and Patrick Chazette

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RC C3599: 'Review of "Relevance of a kite-based calibration for a water vapour Raman lidar"', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Oct 2015
- AC C5075: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', Julien Totems, 22 Jan 2016
RC C3836: 'Review of "Relevance of a kite-based calibration for a water vapor Raman lidar"', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Nov 2015
- AC C5105: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', Julien Totems, 22 Jan 2016
RC C3907: 'On AERONET measurements of water vapour', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Nov 2015
- AC C5110: 'Reply to specific comment regarding sunphotometer bias', Julien Totems, 22 Jan 2016

Short summary

We present a calibration method for a water vapour Raman lidar, using a meteorological probe lifted by a kite, that was applied during the HyMeX and ChArMEx programs over the Mediterranean. It allowed measuring both the overlap factor of the lidar and the calibration constant with better precision than with simultaneous balloon radiosoundings, as balloons go up faster and can drift during the measurements. Comparisons to other moisture profiles demonstrate the accuracy of the calibrated lidar.