COMPARING WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO PROFILES AND CLOUD VERTICAL STRUCTURE FROM MULTIWAVELENGTH RAMAN LIDAR RETRIEVALS AND RADIOSOUNDING MEASUREMENTS

摘要

A study of comparison of water vapor mixing ratio profiles, relative humidity profiles, and cloud vertical structures using two different instruments, a multiwavelength Aerosol-Depolarization-Raman lidar and radiosoundings, is presented. The observations were taken by the lidar located in Warsaw center and the radiosoundings located about 30km to the North in Legionowo (Poland). We compared the ground-based remote sensing technology with in-situ method in order to improve knowledge about water content thought the atmosphere and cloud formation. The method used for retrieving the cloud vertical structure can be improved comparing the radiosonde results with the lidar observations, which show promising results.