Water vapour inter-comparison effort in the framework of hydrological cycle in the mediterranean experiment - special observation period (hymex-sop1)

Donato Summa (1) , Paolo de Girolamo (1) , Cyrille Flamant (2) , Benedetto de Rosa (1) , Marco Cacciani (3) , Dario Stelitano (1)

1 Scuola di Ingegneria [Potenza]
2 TROPO - LATMOS
3 Dipartimento di Fisica [Roma La Sapienza]

Accurate measurements of the vertical profiles of water vapour are of paramount importance for most key areas of atmospheric sciences. A comprehensive inter-comparison between different remote sensing and in-situ sensors has been carried out in the frame HyMeX-SOP1 for the purpose of obtaining accurate error estimates for these sensors. The inter-comparison involves a ground-based Raman lidar (BASIL), an airborne DIAL (LEANDRE2), a microwave radiometer, radiosondes and aircraft in-situ sensors.

Domains: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]; Hydrology

Donato Summa, Paolo de Girolamo, Cyrille Flamant, Benedetto de Rosa, Marco Cacciani, et al.. Water vapour inter-comparison effort in the framework of hydrological cycle in the mediterranean experiment - special observation period (hymex-sop1). EPJ Web of Conferences, 2018, The 28th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 28), Bucharest 2017, 176, pp.08016. ⟨10.1051/epjconf/201817608016⟩. ⟨insu-01576277⟩