3-D water vapor field in the atmospheric boundary layer observed with  scanning differential absorption lidar

Späth, Florian; Behrendt, Andreas; Muppa, Shravan Kumar; Metzendorf, Simon; Riede, Andrea; Wulfmeyer, Volker

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1701-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1701-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-1701-2016

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

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

Research article

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18 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 18 Apr 2016

3-D water vapor field in the atmospheric boundary layer observed with scanning differential absorption lidar

Florian Späth, Andreas Behrendt, Shravan Kumar Muppa, Simon Metzendorf, Andrea Riede, and Volker Wulfmeyer

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Apr 2016)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of amt-2015-393: 3D Water Vapor Field in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observed with Scanning Differential Absorption Lidar', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Response to the comments of Anonymous Referee #2', Florian Späth, 24 Feb 2016
RC2: 'Review of "3D Water Vapor Field in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Observed with Scanning Differential Absorption Lidar" by Späth et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Response to the comments of Anonymous Referee #1', Florian Späth, 23 Mar 2016

Short summary

The scanning differential absorption lidar (DIAL) of the University of Hohenheim measures water vapor with high temporal and spatial resolutions. In this paper, DIAL measurements of three different scan modes are presented which allow for new insights into the three-dimensional water vapor structure in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). A new method to determine the noise level of scanning measurements was developed, showing uncertainties of < 7 % within the ABL.