High Spectral Resolution Lidar Status for WINTEX

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WINTEX, Madison, WI

3/21/99:

15:19-17:59 First data period.
Ran system calibrations.
19:37-21:00 Second data period.
Summary: Weak aerosol layer observed between 3.5 - 4 km.

3/20/99:

15:50-17:12 CST First data period.
Ran system calibrations.
19:02-21:15 CST Second data period.
Summary: Aerosol layer from surface to 1.8 km, where we have seen the occasional water cloud.

3/18/99: Updated 17:54 CST:

11:15 CST Had a small leak in etalon cell and a data system crash during a calibration scan.
14:00 Data Starts. Web page is now being updated every 5 minutes with values of backscatter cross section and aerosol depolariztion.
16:40 Data Ends.
Summary: Started a little late due to mechanical problems, otherwise everything was working well. Observed a fairly clear boundry layer to about 1.1 km with the occasional thin water could at the top of the BL. Otherwise it was very clear from 2-15 km. A very weak aerosol layer was observed at 2.8 km.

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UW Lidar // March 19, 1999 // kuehn@lidar.ssec.wisc.edu