Mapping low-level water vapor with radar

Tammy M. Weckwerth; Crystalyne R. Pettet; Frédéric Fabry; Shinju Park; Margaret A. LeMone; James W. Wilson

Mapping low-level water vapor with radar

Tammy M. Weckwerth
, Crystalyne R. Pettet
, Frédéric Fabry
, Shinju Park
, Margaret A. LeMone
, James W. Wilson

Remote Sensing Facility

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Abstract

As part of the International H₂O Project (IHOP_2002), the performance and utility of a number of instruments measuring water vapor were assessed. Comparisons of refractivity data obtained from the NCAR S-Pol radar with measurements from mobile mesonets, low-flying research aircraft, radiosondes, vertical-pointing Raman water vapor lidar, and interferometers showed good agreement. Within 40-60 km from the radar, refractivity retrievals accurately represented the low-level distribution of atmospheric refractivity with a horizontal resolution of 2-4 km over a vertical depth of 250 m AGL.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	319-320
Number of pages	2
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	86
Issue number	3
State	Published - Mar 2005

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Mapping low-level water vapor with radar

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