A detection of atmospheric relative humidity profile by UV Raman lidar |
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| Authors: | Yufeng Wang Jiandong Mao Li Wang |
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| Institution: | a School of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China
b School of Electrical and Information Engineering, North University for Nationalities, North Wenchang Road, Yinchuan 750021, China |
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| Abstract: | A new spectroscopic filter constructed with a high-spectral-resolution grating and two narrow-band mirrors is designed to separate the elastic scattering and the vibrational Raman scattering spectra in an ultraviolet (UV) Raman lidar system. The density of humidity and water vapor mixing ratio are calculated from the vibrational Raman scattering signals of N2 and H2O. Water vapor mixing ratio is retrieved from this development. With this measured water vapor mixing ratio, the relative humidity is calculated with atmospheric temperature profile obtained by another Raman temperature lidar. Preliminary experiments and comparison results between lidar and radiosonde showed that the UV Raman lidar system has the capability for profiling the water vapor mixing ratio up to a height of 2 km with less than 10% of the uncertainty under the conditions of laser energy of 300 mJ and signal-averaging time of 10 min. |
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| Keywords: | Water vapor mixing ratio Relative humidity Raman lidar |
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