Pressure Measurements Using an Airborne Differential Absorption Lidar. Part I: Analysis of the Systematic Error Sources

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2013-09-06

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Flamant, Cyrille N. et al., Pressure Measurements Using an Airborne Differential Absorption Lidar, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. (1999) 16 (5): 561–574. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0561:PMUAAD>2.0.CO;2

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Remote airborne measurements of the vertical and horizontal structure of the atmospheric pressure field in the lower troposphere are made with an oxygen differential absorption lidar (DIAL). A detailed analysis of this measurement technique is provided which includes corrections for imprecise knowledge of the detector background level, the oxygen absorption fine parameters, and variations in the laser output energy. In addition, we analyze other possible sources of systematic errors including spectral effects related to aerosol and molecular scattering interference by rotational Raman scattering and interference by isotopic oxygen fines.