Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0347161
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
A low-cost water vapour profiler for the lower troposphere. Water vapour plays an important role in weather forecasting, as well as being the most important greenhouse gas. Its distribution is not known in sufficient detail for many aspects of predicting weather and climate change. With the Bureau of Meteorology we will develop a low-cost laser ranging system to measure the profile of water vapour in the lower atmosphere. A low-cost instrument can be placed at a sufficient number of locations to significantly enhance weather forecasting and climate modelling. The instrument will be useful for detecting fog formation, measuring cloudbase heights and can be adapted for pollution detection and measurement.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2003
End Date: 02-2006
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $147,099.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Atmospheric Sciences | Optical Physics Not Elsewhere Classified | Atmospheric Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Meteorology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Atmospheric composition | Weather | Scientific instrumentation |
