https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817602002
Space-borne profiling of atmospheric thermodynamic variables with raman lidar
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Scuola di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy,
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Institut für Physik und Meteorologie, Universität Hohenheim, Germany
* Email: digirolamo@unibas.it
Published online: 13 April 2018
The performance of a space-borne water vapour and temperature Raman lidar has been simulated, with a specific attention to the Earth Explorer Missions in the frame of ESA's Living Planet Program. We report simulations under a variety of atmospheric scenarios, demonstrating the capability of a space Raman lidar to provide global-scale water vapour and temperature measurements in the troposphere with an accuracy fulfilling most observational requirements for numerical weather prediction (NWP) and climate research.
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