RESEARCH ASSOCIATES:

MAILING ADDRESS:
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 435
Hampton, VA 23681-2199

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 757-864-5373

FAX NUMBER: 757-864-7775

E-MAIL ADDRESS: c.a.Hostetler@larc.nasa.gov

WEB SITE: http://lidardev.larc.nasa.gov/

DATE: 13 August 2001

LIDAR LOCATION (CITY, COUNTRY, LAT., LONG.): Airborne, spaceborne

SITE ELEVATION:

PARAMETER(S) OR CONSTITUENT(S) MEASURED: Aerosol backscatter and depolarization

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND SPONSOR:
Aerosol/cloud radiative forcing; Sponsor - NASA
Polar stratospheric clouds; Sponsor - NASA

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE: backscatter lidar

MEASUREMENT RANGE: various

VERTICAL RESOLUTION: various

FREQ. OF MEASUREMENT (TYPICALLY): NA

MEASUREMENT TIMES (TYPICALLY): NA

LASER TYPE AND WAVELENGTH (s): Nd:YAG; 532 nm, 1064 nm

LASER ENERGY/PULSE: various

PULSE REPETITION RATE: various

RECEIVER SIZE AND CONFIGURATION: various

DETECTORS USED: PMTs at 532; APDs at 1064

SIGNAL PROCESSING: Analog

ANALOG-T0-DIGITAL CONVERTER: various

COMPUTER: various

PLATFORM (if applicable): DC-8 for airborne measurements