Measurements and Applications
Accurate profiles of water vapour globally and at high vertical resolution, with the horizontal resolution expected for global atmospheric models.
Full Name
Water vApour Lidar Experiment in Space
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Lidars 
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Atmospheric lidar
Sampling
Other
Resolution
Typically 100 km sampling
Swath
1 - 2 km vertical sampling
Accuracy
< 5 % systematic error
Waveband
NIR: 935 nm range