Water vapour mixing ratio profiles over Hornsund, Arctic. Intercomparison of lidar and AIRS results

• Autorzy: Bloch M. , Karasiński G.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/s11600-013-0168-3

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Since October 2009, a ground-based Raman lidar system has been deployed to perform a regular, night-time, vertical sounding of a water vapour content in the lower and middle troposphere above Polish Polar Station at Hornsund (77.00°N, 15.55°E, 10 m a.s.l.) in the Arctic. The water vapour mixing ratio profiles were obtained for the atmosphere up to 6 km altitude, based on analysis of inelastic Raman backscattering signals from nitrogen molecules (at 387 nm) and water vapour particles (at 407 nm), calibrated with the data from a local Vaisala’s automatic meteorological station. The results obtained for winter seasons in the years 2009-2012 are in a good general agreement with the results obtained from the atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS) on the Aqua satellite.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

water vapour; mixing ratio; Raman lidar; Arctic; remote sensing; AIRS

PL

para wodna; proporcje mieszania; lidar ramanowski; Arctic; teledetekcja; AIRS

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: Vol. 62, no. 2
• Strony: 290--301
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Bloch M.

• Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

autor

Karasiński G.

• Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

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