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Cloud Physics Lidar: Instrument Description and Initial Measurement ResultsThe Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) is a new custom-built instrument for the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft. The CPL can provide multiwavelength measurements of cirrus, subvisual cirrus, and aerosols with high temporal and spatial resolution. Its state-of-the-art technology gives it a high repetition rate, and photon-counting detection, and includes a low-pulse-energy laser. The CPL was first deployed at the Southern African Regional Science Initiative's 2000 field campaign during August and September 2000. This paper provides an overview of the instrument and initial data results to illustrate the measurement capability of the CPL.
Document ID
20020066594
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
McGill, Matthew
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Hlavka, Dennis
(Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Lanham, MD United States)
Hart, William
(Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Lanham, MD United States)
Scott, V. Stanley
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Spinhirne, James
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Schmid, Beat
(Bay Area Environmental Research Inst. Sonoma, CA United States)
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
June 20, 2002
Publication Information
Publication: Applied Optics
Publisher: Optical Society of America
Volume: 41
Issue: 18
ISSN: 0003-6935
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC2-1094
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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