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Ground-based water vapor Raman lidar measurements up to the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere – Part 1: Instrument development, optimization, and validation
- Table Mountain Facility, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Wrightwood, CA 92397, USA
- Table Mountain Facility, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Wrightwood, CA 92397, USA
Abstract. Recognizing the importance of water vapor in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UT/LS) and the scarcity of high-quality, long-term measurements, JPL began the development of a powerful Raman lidar in 2005 to try to meet these needs. This development was endorsed by the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) and the validation program for the EOS-Aura satellite. In this paper we review the stages in the instrumental development of the lidar and the conclusions from three validation campaigns: MOHAVE, MOHAVE-II, and MOHAVE 2009 (Measurements of Humidity in the Atmosphere and Validation Experiments). The data analysis, profile retrieval and calibration procedures, as well as additional results from MOHAVE-2009 are presented in detail in a companion paper (Leblanc et al., 2011a). Ultimately the lidar has demonstrated capability to measure water vapor profiles from ~1 km above the ground to the lower stratosphere, reaching 14 km for 1-h integrated profiles and 21 km for 6-h integrated profiles, with a precision of 10 % or better near 13 km and below, and an estimated accuracy of 5 %.
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RC C1717: 'Comments to the manuscript “Ground-Based Water Vapor Raman Lidar Measurements up to the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere. Part 1: Instrument Development, Optimization, and Validation” by I. S. McDermid et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Oct 2011
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RC C1810: 'Review of: Ground-Based Water Vapor Raman Lidar Measurements up to the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere. Part 1: Instrument Development, Optimization, and Validation Paper content', Valentin Simeonov, 18 Oct 2011
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AC C2257: 'Final reply to the referees', Thierry Leblanc, 03 Dec 2011
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RC C1717: 'Comments to the manuscript “Ground-Based Water Vapor Raman Lidar Measurements up to the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere. Part 1: Instrument Development, Optimization, and Validation” by I. S. McDermid et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Oct 2011
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RC C1810: 'Review of: Ground-Based Water Vapor Raman Lidar Measurements up to the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere. Part 1: Instrument Development, Optimization, and Validation Paper content', Valentin Simeonov, 18 Oct 2011
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AC C2257: 'Final reply to the referees', Thierry Leblanc, 03 Dec 2011
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I. S. McDermid et al.
I. S. McDermid et al.
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