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Detection and Analysis of Water Vapor Transport by Airborne Lidars

Kiemle, Christoph and Schäfler, Andreas and Wirth, Martin and Fix, Andreas and Rahm, Stephan (2013) Detection and Analysis of Water Vapor Transport by Airborne Lidars. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 6 (3), pp. 1189-1193. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2239609. ISSN 1939-1404.

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Abstract

Water vapor, a minor constituent of the earth's atmosphere, plays a major role in the radiation budget and the water cycle with important implications for weather and climate. Due to the heterogeneous distribution of its sources, evaporation, and sinks, condensation and precipitation, and due to the complexity of atmospheric motion and mixing, its distribution in the atmosphere is highly variable. Despite the high relevance of this trace gas, its variability challenges accurate measurements of its concentration. Advanced airborne lidar instruments aid to better observe water vapor and its transport in the atmosphere, in view of an improved understanding of atmospheric processes that are key to weather and climate research. The combination of a water vapor differential absorption lidar and a heterodyne detection Doppler wind lidar on an aircraft is new and allows to measure vertical profiles of the latent heat flux in a convective boundary layer and to portray the small-to large-scale humidity transport and variability along the aircraft flight track with high accuracy and spatial resolution.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/83778/
Document Type:Article
Title:Detection and Analysis of Water Vapor Transport by Airborne Lidars
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Kiemle, ChristophDLR, IPAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-2813UNSPECIFIED
Schäfler, AndreasDLR-IPAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wirth, MartinDLRUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fix, AndreasDLRUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rahm, StephanDLRUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:June 2013
Journal or Publication Title:IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:Yes
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:Yes
In ISI Web of Science:Yes
Volume:6
DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2239609
Page Range:pp. 1189-1193
Publisher:IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Series Name:IGARSS 2012 Special Issue
ISSN:1939-1404
Status:Published
Keywords:Water vapor, airborne lidar, humidity flux, weather research
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Space
HGF - Program Themes:Earth Observation
DLR - Research area:Raumfahrt
DLR - Program:R EO - Earth Observation
DLR - Research theme (Project):R - LIDAR research and development
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Lidar
Deposited By: Kiemle, Dr.rer.nat. Christoph
Deposited On:13 Aug 2013 09:22
Last Modified:29 Nov 2023 13:35

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