Water vapor mixing ratio and temperature inter-comparison results in the framework of the Hydrological Cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment—Special Observation Period 1

Paolo Di Girolamo (1) , Benedetto de Rosa (1) , Cyrille Flamant (2) , Donato Summa (1) , Olivier Bousquet (3) , Patrick Chazette (4, 5) , Julien Totems (4, 5) , Marco Cacciani (6)

1 Scuola di Ingegneria [Potenza]
2 TROPO - LATMOS
3 LACy - Laboratoire de l'Atmosphère et des Cyclones
4 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
5 CAE - Chimie Atmosphérique Expérimentale
6 Dipartimento di Fisica [Roma La Sapienza]

This paper reports results from an inter-comparison effort involving water vapor and temperature sensors, which took place in the North-Western Mediterranean in the period September–November 2012 in the framework of the first Special Observing Period of the Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment. The involved sensors are the ground-based Raman lidars BASIL and WALI, the airborne water vapor differential absorption lidar LEANDRE 2, flying onboard the ATR42 aircraft, as well as additional water vapor and temperature sensors (radiosondes, aircraft in situ sensors, and a microwave radiometer). The main objective of the inter-comparison is the determination of the measurement uncertainty affecting these sensors.

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

Paolo Di Girolamo, Benedetto de Rosa, Cyrille Flamant, Donato Summa, Olivier Bousquet, et al.. Water vapor mixing ratio and temperature inter-comparison results in the framework of the Hydrological Cycle in the Mediterranean Experiment—Special Observation Period 1. Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, 2020, 1, pp.113-153. ⟨10.1007/s42865-020-00008-3⟩. ⟨insu-02573089⟩