https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611902003
Advances in Diode-Laser-Based Water Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar
1 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Earth Observing Lab, Boulder, CO 80307, USA
2 Montana State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
3 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Published online: 7 June 2016
An advanced diode-laser-based water vapor differential absorption lidar (WV-DIAL) has been developed. The next generation design was built on the success of previous diode-laser-based prototypes and enables accurate measurement of water vapor closer to the ground surface, in rapidly changing atmospheric conditions, and in daytime cloudy conditions up to cloud base. The lidar provides up to 1 min resolution, 150 m range resolved measurements of water vapor in a broad range of atmospheric conditions. A description of the instrument and results from its initial field test in 2014 are discussed.
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