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Observation of Lower-Atmospheric Moisture Structure and Its Evolution Using a Raman Lidar

S. H. MelfiNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771

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D. WhitemanNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771

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Online Publication:
01 Oct 1985
Print Publication:
01 Oct 1985
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1985)066<1288:OOLAMS>2.0.CO;2
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1288–1292
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Observations of the water-vapor mixing ratio in the lower atmosphere and its temporal evolution have been made with a Raman lidar. Comparison with an independent radiosonde measurement indicated excellent agreement. The moisture structure, observed up to an altitude of 5 km and over an 80-min period during the early morning of 30 April 1985 (the present lidar is limited to night operation), showed temporal variations of several atmospheric features which could not be resolved by balloon soundings. Application of the lidar should provide the opportunity to study details of atmospheric moisture, its structure, and its evolution in a manner never before realized.

Observations of the water-vapor mixing ratio in the lower atmosphere and its temporal evolution have been made with a Raman lidar. Comparison with an independent radiosonde measurement indicated excellent agreement. The moisture structure, observed up to an altitude of 5 km and over an 80-min period during the early morning of 30 April 1985 (the present lidar is limited to night operation), showed temporal variations of several atmospheric features which could not be resolved by balloon soundings. Application of the lidar should provide the opportunity to study details of atmospheric moisture, its structure, and its evolution in a manner never before realized.

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