Conical or Vertical scanning Doppler lidar for wind profiles and Aerosol Backscatter Intensity (ABI) profiles packaged for aircraft, ship, or ground based measurements.
Pulse length | 30, 60, 90 m |
Pulse rep frequency | 20,000 Hz |
Beam rate | 2-10 Hz |
Pulse energy | 50 µJ |
Wavelength | 1.553 µm (invisible & eyesafe) |
Beam diameter | 7.62 cm |
Orientation | vertical |
Maximum range | 7 km |
Electrical power | 120V 30A |
Platforms | ground, ship, aircraft |
Project Name | Date | Location | |
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CUPiDS | Coastal Urban Plume Dynamics Study | June - August 2023 | NYC region (aircraft) |
CalFiDE | California Fire Dynamics Experiment | August - September 2022 | California (aircraft) |
SITE | System Integration and Test Experiment | Summer 2021 | Lakeland, Florida (aircraft) |
SUNVEx | Southwest Urban NOx and VOC Experiment | Summer 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada and Los Angeles, California (truck) |
PUMAS | PickUp based Mobile Atmospheric Sounder | June - October 2020 | Colorado Front Range (truck) |
COVID-AQS | COVID Air Quality Study | Spring 2020 | Boulder, Colorado (ground site) |
ATOMIC | Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign | January - February 2020 | tropical North Atlantic (ship) |
FIREX-AQ | Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality | July - August 2019 | Boise, Idaho (aircraft) |
Fire Winds | June 2018 | Lakeland, Florida (aircraft) | |
PISTON | Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical Oscillations | August - October 2018 | Philippine Sea (ship) |
FAST-LVOS | Fires, Asian, and Stratospheric Transport - Las Vegas Ozone Study | May - June 2017 | Las Vegas, Nevada (ground site) |
WFIP2 | 2nd Wind Forecast Improvement Project | September - October 2016 | Columbia River Basin (ground site) |