Observations of water vapor mixing ratio profile and flux in the Tibetan  Plateau based on the lidar technique

Wu, Songhua; Dai, Guangyao; Song, Xiaoquan; Liu, Bingyi; Liu, Liping

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1399-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1399-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1399-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

Research article

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01 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 01 Apr 2016

Observations of water vapor mixing ratio profile and flux in the Tibetan Plateau based on the lidar technique

Songhua Wu, Guangyao Dai, Xiaoquan Song, Bingyi Liu, and Liping Liu

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RC C4415: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Dec 2015
- AC C4738: 'Response to RC-1 (315299-Observations of water vapor mixing ratio and flux in Tibetan Plateau)', Songhua Wu, 06 Jan 2016
RC C4474: 'Review of "Observations of water vapor mixing ratio and flux in Tibetan Plateau" by S. Wu, G. Dai, X. Song, B. Liu, and L. Liu', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Dec 2015
- AC C4705: 'Response to RC-2 (315299-Observations of water vapor mixing ratio and flux in Tibetan Plateau)', Songhua Wu, 06 Jan 2016
RC C4492: 'Observations of Water Vapor Mixing Ratio and Flux in Tibetan Plateau', Anonymous Referee #3, 23 Dec 2015
- AC C4720: 'Response to RC-3 (315299-Observations of water vapor mixing ratio and flux in Tibetan Plateau)', Songhua Wu, 06 Jan 2016
AC C4698: 'Response to RC-1 (315299-Observations of water vapor mixing ratio and flux in Tibetan Plateau)', Songhua Wu, 06 Jan 2016
AC C4731: 'Response to RC-1 (315299-Observations of water vapor mixing ratio and flux in Tibetan Plateau)', Songhua Wu, 06 Jan 2016

Short summary

The water vapor expedition experiment was operated in the Tibetan Plateau during July and August 2014, by using water vapor, cloud, and aerosol lidar. During the observations, water vapor mixing ratio at high elevation was obtained. The validation of water vapor mixing ratio was completed by comparing the lidar measurements to radiosonde data. Finally, with the vertical wind speed, the vertical flux of water vapor is calculated and the upwelling and deposition of the water vapor are monitored.