Remote single-ended measurements of atmospheric temperature and humidity at 177 μm using a continuously tunable source
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 5 (10) , 452-454
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.5.000452
Abstract
Simultaneous remote measurements of temperature and humidity using a narrow-linewidth, continuously tunable, LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator as a transmitter source are reported. Relative measurement errors of 1.0°C for temperature and better than 1% for humidity over a 45-sec averaging time are observed. The absolute accuracy is limited by the accuracy of available spectroscopic data.Keywords
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