Wulfmeyer, V., 1998: Ground-based differential absorption lidar for water-vapor and temperature profiling: Requirements, development, and specifications of a high-performance laser transmitter. Appl. Opt. 37, 3804-3824. DOI:10.1364/AO.37.003804.

Wulfmeyer, V., and J. Bösenberg, 1998: Ground-based differential absorption lidar for water-vapor profiling: Assessment of accuracy, resolution, and meteorological applications. Appl. Opt. 37, 3825-3844, DOI:10.1364/AO.37.003825.

Steinhagen, H., S. Bakan, J. Bösenberg, H. Dier, D. Engelbart, J. Fischer, G. Gendt, U. Görsdorf, J. Güldner, F. Jansen, V. Lehmann, U. Leiterer, J. Neisser, and V. Wulfmeyer, 1998: Field campaign LINEX96/1 - Possibilities of water vapor observations in the free atmosphere. Meteorol. Z. N.F.7, 377-391.

Wulfmeyer, V., M. Randall, A. Brewer, and R.M. Hardesty, 2000: 2-mm Doppler lidar transmitter with high frequency stability and low chirp. Opt. Lett. 25, 1228-1230, DOI:10.1364/OL.25.001228.

Wulfmeyer, V., and C. Walther, 2001a: Future performance of ground-based and airborne water vapor differential absorption lidar. I: Overview and theory. Appl. Opt. 40, 5304-5320, DOI:10.1364/AO.40.005304.

Wulfmeyer, V., and C. Walther, 2001b: Future performance of ground-based and airborne water vapor differential absorption lidar. II: Simulations of the precision of a near-infrared, high-power system. Appl. Opt. 40, 5321-5336, DOI:10.1364/AO.40.005321.

Wulfmeyer, V., H.-S. Bauer, S. Crewell, G. Ehret, O. Reitebuch, C. Werner, M. Wirth, D. Engelbart, A. Rhodin, W. Wergen, A. Giesen, H. Graßl, G. Huber, H. Klingenberg, P. Mahnke, U. Kummer, C. Wührer, P. Ritter, R. Wallenstein, U. Wandinger, 2003: Lidar Research Network Water Vapor and Wind. Meteorol. Z. 12, 5-24, DOI:10.1127/0941-2948/2003/0012-0005.

Gérard, É., D.G.H. Tan, L. Garand, V. Wulfmeyer, G. Ehret, and P. Di Girolamo, 2004: Major advances foreseen in humidity profiling from the Water Vapour Lidar Experiment in Space (WALES). B. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 85, 237-251, DOI:10.1175/BAMS-85-2-237.

Ostermeyer, M., P. Kappe, R. Menzel, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2005: Diode-pumped Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier with high pulse energy, excellent beam quality, and frequency-stabilized master oscillator as a basis for a next-generation lidar system. Appl. Opt. 44, 582-590, DOI:10.1364/AO.44.000582.

Wulfmeyer, V., H. Bauer, P. Di Girolamo, and C. Serio, 2005: Comparison of active and passive remote sensing from space: an analysis based on the simulated performance of IASI and space borne differential absorption lidar. Remote Sens. Environ. 95, 211-230, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.12.019.

Behrendt, A., G. Wagner, A. Petrova, M. Shiler, S. Pal, T. Schaberl, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2005: Modular lidar systems for high-resolution 4-dimensional measurements of water vapor, temperature, and aerosols. In: U. N. Singh and Kohei Mizutani  (Eds.), Lidar Remote Sensing for Industry and Environment Monitoring V (Proceedings of SPIE 5653), 8-12 November 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, p. 220-227, 2005.

Di Girolamo, P., A. Behrendt, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2006: Spaceborne profiling of atmospheric temperature and particle extinction with pure rotational Raman lidar and of relative humidity in combination with differential absorption lidar: performance simulations. Appl. Opt. 45, 2474-2494, DOI:10.1364/AO.45.002474.

Behrendt, A., V. Wulfmeyer, P. Di Girolamo, C. Kiemle, H.-S. Bauer, T. Schaberl, D. Summa, D. N. Whiteman, B. B. Demoz, E. V. Browell, S. Ismail, R. Ferrare, S. Kooi, G. Ehret, J. Wang, 2007: Intercomparison of water vapor data measured with lidar during IHOP_2002, Part 1: Airborne to ground-based lidar systems and comparisons with chilled-mirror hygrometer radiosondes. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 24 (1), 3-21, DOI:10.1175/JTECH1924.1.

Behrendt, A., V. Wulfmeyer, C. Kiemle, G. Ehret, C. Flamant, T. Schaberl, H.-S. Bauer, S. Kooi, S. Ismail, R. Ferrare, E. V. Browell, D. N. Whiteman, 2007: Intercomparison of water vapor data measured with lidar during IHOP_2002, Part 2: Airborne to airborne systems. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 24 (1), 22-39, DOI:10.1175/JTECH1925.1.

Di Girolamo, P., A. Behrendt, C. Kiemle, V. Wulfmeyer, H. Bauer, D. Summa, A. Dörnbrack, G. Ehret, 2008: Simulation of satellite water vapour lidar measurements: Performance assessment under real atmospheric conditions. Rem. Sens. of Environ. 112(4), 1552-1568, DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.008.

Radlach, M., A. Behrendt, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2008: Scanning rotational Raman lidar at 355 nm for the measurement of tropospheric temperature fields. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 8, 159-169, DOI:10.5194/acp-8-159-2008.

Petrova-Mayor, A., V. Wulfmeyer, and P. Weibring, 2008: Development of an eye-safe solid-state tunable laser transmitter in the 1.4-1.5-µm wavelength region based on Cr4+:YAG crystal for lidar applications. Appl. Opt. 47, 1522-1534, DOI:10.1364/AO.47.001522.

Behrendt, A., V. Wulfmeyer, A. Riede, G. Wagner, S. Pal, H. Bauer, M. Radlach, and F. Späth, 2009: 3-Dimensional observations of atmospheric humidity with a scanning differential absorption lidar. In Richard H. Picard, Klaus Schäfer, Adolfo Comeron et al. (Eds.), Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV, SPIE Conference Proceeding Vol. 7475, ISBN: 9780819477804, 2009, Art. No. 74750L, DOI:10.1117/12.835143.

Bhawar, R., P. Di Girolamo,  D. Summa,  C. Flamant, D. Althausen, A. Behrendt, C. Kiemle,  P. Bosser, M. Cacciani, C. Champollion, T.  Di Iorio,   R. Engelmann, C.  Herold, S. Pal, A. Riede, M. Wirth, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2011: The Water Vapour Intercomparison Effort in the Framework of the Convective and Orographically-Induced Precipitation Study: Airborne-to-Ground-based and airborne-to-airborne Lidar Systems. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. 137, 325-348, DOI:10.1002/qj.697.

Wagner, G., V. Wulfmeyer, F. Späth, A. Behrendt, and M. Schiller, 2013: Performance and specifications of a pulsed high-power single-frequency Ti:Sapphire laser for water-vapor differential absorption lidar. Appl. Opt. 52, 2454-2469, DOI:10.1364/AO.52.002454.

Masiello, G., C. Serio, T. Deleporte, H. Herbin, P. Di Girolamo, C. Champollion, A. Behrendt, P. Bosser, O. Bock, V. Wulfmeyer, M. Pommier, and C. Flamant, 2013: Comparison of IASI water vapour products over complex terrain with COPS campaign data. Meteorol. Z. 22, 471–487.

Hammann, E., A. Behrendt, F. Le Mounier, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2015: Temperature profiling of the atmospheric boundary layer with rotational Raman lidar during the HD(CP)2 Observational Prototype Experiment. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15, 2867-2881, DOI:10.5194/acp-15-2867-2015.

Wulfmeyer, V., R.M. Hardesty, D.D. Turner, A. Behrendt, M.P. Cadeddu, P. Di Girolamo, P. Schlüssel, J. Van Baelen, and F. Zus, 2015: A review of the remote sensing of lower-tropospheric thermodynamic profiles and its indispensable role for the understanding and the simulation of water and energy cycles. Rev. Geophys. 53, 819–895, DOI:10.1002/2014RG000476.

Späth, F., A. Behrendt, S.K. Muppa, S. Metzendorf, A. Riede, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2016: 3D Water vapor fields in the atmospheric boundary layer observed with scanning differential absorption lidar. Atmos. Meas. Tech. 9, 1701-1720, DOI:10.5194/amt-9-1701-2016.

Park, Chang-Hwan, A. Behrendt, E. LeDrew, and V. Wulfmeyer, 2017: New approach for calculating the effective dielectric constant of the moist soil for microwaves. Remote Sens. 9 (732); 1-30, DOI:10.3390/rs9070732.

Di Girolamo, P., A. Behrendt, V. Wulfmeyer, 2018: Space-borne profiling of atmospheric thermodynamic variables with Raman lidar. Opt. Express 26, 8125-8161, DOI:10.1364/OE.26.008125.