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Two techniques are described by which the flux of water vapor can be derived from concentration measurements made by a Raman-Lidar. Monin-Obukhov similarity theory and dissipation techniques are used as the basis for these methods. The resulting fluxes are compared to fluxes from standard point instruments. The techniques described are appropriate for measuring the flux of any scalar quantity using Lidar measurements in the inner region of the boundary layer.
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Eichinger, W.E., Cooper, D.I., Holtkamp, D.B. et al. Derivation of water vapor fluxes from Lidar measurements. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 63, 39–64 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705376
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