Decommissioned 2008
Research applications include:
Basic parameters measured:
Wavelength | 10.6 µm (fully eye-safe) | |
Pulse energy | 0.5 J (LP) | 0.1 J (SP) |
Pulse rate | up to 20 Hz | |
Scan | Upper hemisphere to 3° below horizontal | |
Across-beam Resolution | 1 m | |
Along-beam Resolution | 300m (LP) | 75m (SP) |
Minimum range | 1.5 km (LP) | 0.8 km (SP) |
Maximum range (in boundary layer) | 15-30 km (LP) | 7-15 km (SP) |
Accuracy | 3 dB or better (Calibrated backscatter) | 0.3 - 1 m/s (Doppler radial velocity) |
LP = Long Pulse, SP = Short Pulse
Project Name | Date | Location | |
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VTMX | Vertical Transport and Mixing Program | October 2000 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
TexAQS | Texas Air Quality Study | August-September 2000 | Houston, Texas |
MAP | Mesoscale Alpine Programme | October-November 1999 | Austrian Alps |
CAMEX | Convection and Moisture Experiment III | August-September 1998 | Florida |
MAH | Mountain Aviation Hazards | January-March 1997 | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
MACAWS | Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor | 1995, 1996, 1998 | various |
CART | Cloud and Radiation Testbed - cloud IOP | 1994 | Lamont, Oklahoma |
Crystal Mist | July 1994 | Nevada Test Site, Nevada | |
Crystal Mist | December 1993 | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico | |
STS56 | STS-56 landing | 1993 | Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
TMDBCE | Theater Missile Defense Bulk Chemical Experiment | 1993 | Dugway Proving Ground, Utah |
Vancouver Ozone Study | July-August 1993 | Vancouver, British Colombia | |
SCOPE | San Clemente Island Ocean Probing Experiment) | 1993 | San Clemente Island, California |
TMDBCE | Theater Missile Defense Bulk Chemical Experiment | 1992 | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico |
Mt. Pinatubo | Mt. Pinatubo - Stratospheric Aerosol | 1991, 1992 | various |
ASCOT | February-March 1991 | Rocky Flats, south of Boulder, Colorado | |
STS37 | STS-37 launch | 1991 | Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
TMDBCE | Theater Missile Defense Bulk Chemical Experiment | 1991 | Dugway Proving Ground, Utah |
FIRE II | 1991 | Coffeyville, Kansas | |
TMDBCE | Theater Missile Defense Bulk Chemical Experiment | 1991 | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico |
Grand Canyon Haze Study | January-March 1990 | Grand Canyon, Arizona | |
GLOBE | GLOBE Intercomparison | 1989, 1990 | Moffett Field, Mountain View, California |
CLARET | 1989 | Erie, Colorado | |
Battersby Prescribed Burn Study | July-August 1988 | Battersby, Ontario, Canada | |
Mauna Loa | 1988 | Mauna Loa, Hawaii | |
CHINOOK | 1987 | Boulder, Colorado | |
FIFE | First ISLSCP Field Experiment | 1987 | Manhattan, Kansas |
LASBEX | Land-Sea Breeze Experiment | September 1987 | Moss Landing, California |
Denver Brown Cloud Study | 1987 | Denver, Colorado | |
Mesogamma | 1986 | Denver, Colorado | |
FIRE I | 1986 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin | |
TEXEX | 1985 | Midland, Texas | |
Brush Creek | 1984 | Parachute, Colorado | |
El Chichon - Stratospheric Aerosol | 1983 | various | |
JAWS | Joint Aviation Warning Study | 1982 | Denver, Colorado |
STS3 | STS-3 landing | 1981 | Edwards Air Force Base, California |
Post, M.J., and R.E. Cupp, Optimizing a pulsed Doppler lidar, Applied Optics, 29, 4145-4158, 1990.
Zhao, Y., M.J. Post, and R.M. Hardesty, Receiving efficiency of monostatic pulsed coherent lidars. 2: Applications, Applied Optics, 29, 4120-4132, 1990.