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High resolution full-spectrum water Raman lidar

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Knowledge of the temporal-spatial distribution of water content in atmosphere and water phase change in cloud is important for atmospheric study. For this purpose, we have developed a high resolution full-spectrum water Raman lidar that can collect Raman signals from ice, water droplets and water vapor simultaneously. A double-grating polychromator and a 32-channel photomultiplier-tube detector are used to obtain a spectral resolution of ∼0.19 nm in the full Raman spectrum range of water. Preliminary observations present the water Raman spectrum characteristics of both the mixed-phase cloud and humid air under cloudless condition.

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  1. School of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China

    FuChao Liu, Fan Yi, JingYu Jia, YunPeng Zhang, ShaoDong Zhang, ChangMing Yu & Ying Tan

  2. Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment and Geodesy, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430079, China

    FuChao Liu, Fan Yi, JingYu Jia, YunPeng Zhang, ShaoDong Zhang, ChangMing Yu & Ying Tan

  3. State Observatory for Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Wuhan, 430079, China

    FuChao Liu, Fan Yi, JingYu Jia, YunPeng Zhang, ShaoDong Zhang, ChangMing Yu & Ying Tan

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Liu, F., Yi, F., Jia, J. et al. High resolution full-spectrum water Raman lidar. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 55, 1224–1229 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-012-4778-9

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