Abstract
Only active remote sensing systems can provide water vapor data with high temporal and vertical resolution. The DIAL technique is most promising for accuracy, resolution, and day and night operation [1]. Heterodyne detection can provide information about vertical wind speeds. Measurements of both parameters with a single system provides all necessary data to evaluate latent heat flux (eddy correlation technique), a very important energy transport mechanism in the atmosphere.
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