Extending water vapor measurement capability of photon-limited differential absorption lidars through simultaneous denoising and inversion
Marais, W. J., Hayman, M.. (2022). Extending water vapor measurement capability of photon-limited differential absorption lidars through simultaneous denoising and inversion. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5159-2022
| Title | Extending water vapor measurement capability of photon-limited differential absorption lidars through simultaneous denoising and inversion |
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| Genre | Article |
| Author(s) | W. J. Marais, Matthew Hayman |
| Abstract | The micropulse differential absorption lidar (MPD) was developed at Montana State University (MSU) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to perform range-resolved water vapor (WV) measurements using low-power lasers and photon-counting detectors. The MPD has proven to produce accurate WV measurements up to 6 km altitude. However, the MPD's ability to produce accurate higher-altitude WV measurements is impeded by the current standard differential absorption lidar (DIAL) retrieval methods. These methods are built upon a fundamental methodology that algebraically solves for the WV using the MPD forward models and noisy observations, which exacerbates any random noise in the lidar observations. |
| Publication Title | Atmospheric Measurement Techniques |
| Publication Date | Sep 13, 2022 |
| Publisher's Version of Record | https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5159-2022 |
| OpenSky Citable URL | https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7g73jhc |
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| EOL Affiliations | RSF |