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Report of preliminary analysis of data from dew-point hygrometer profiles during the ARM 1996 WVIOP

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/444058· OSTI ID:444058
Unique commercial light-weight chilled-mirror dew-point sensors were flown on tethered balloons during the Water Vapor Intensive Operation Period (WVIOP) in September 1996. Comparisons were made between in situ and remote sensing instruments that detect water vapor. We obtained a special waiver to fly the sensors up to 1 km both day and night from the FAA. Preliminary comparisons with tower mounted, surface-based temperature/relative humidity probes, rawinsonde, air-borne chilled-mirror dew point, and Raman lidar profiles are included. Profiles during nocturnal boundary layer wind jet occurrences are presented as special cases along with balloon-borne nephelometer light scattering profile comparisons.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
444058
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--96-4861; ON: DE97003592
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English