The Code 613.1 Raman lidar group routinely participates in field measurement campaigns designed to better understand atmospheric radiation and dynamic processes and to validate satellite measurements.
While the first experimental campaign of the Raman lidar group was the Cooperative Huntsville Metereological Experiment held in Huntsville, Alabama (held from July to August 1986 in Athens, Alabama), only measurements since the first field deployment of the Scanning Raman Lidar in 1991 are included in this site.
The field measurement campaigns that the group has participated in, their dates and goals are as follows:
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Mission Name |
Location
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Goals
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DOE CART Site, |
The AIRS validation activity includes the use of different water vapor profiling radiosonde and Raman lidar systems for acquisition of measurements during AIRS overpasses. | |
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UMBC, Baltimore, MD |
Validation of water vapor and temperature retrievals from the Aqua satellite with special emphasis on AIRS characterization. | |
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GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
September – October 2002 |
Validation of water vapor and temperature retrievals from the Aqua satellite with sepcial emphasis on AIRS characterization. | |
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DOE CART Site, Lamont, OK
May – June, 2002 |
Improve the prediction of convection onset and the quantity of rainfall produced by a storm system. | |
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DOE CART Site, Lamont, OK
November-December 2000 |
Technology intercomparison experiment with the goal of validating upper tropospheric water vapor measurement technologies to 5% absolute accuracy and thus decreasing atmospheric radiation moderling errors within the DOE ARM program. | |
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DOE CART Site, Lamont, OK
September-October 2000 |
Technology intercomparison experiment with the goal of validating middle and lower tropospheric water vapor measurement technologies to 5% absolute accuracy and thus decreasing atmospheric radiation moderling errors within the DOE ARM program. | |
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Andros Island, Bahamas
July-September, 1998 |
Acquire a long term record of the water vapor and cirrus cloud variation during hurricane season. See publication here. | |
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DOE CART Site, Lamont, OK
August - September 1997 |
Water vapor measurement technology intercomparison experiment comparing various technologies critical to the DOE ARM program. | |
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DOE CART Site, Lamont, OK
September 1996 |
Water vapor measurement technology intercomparison experiment comparing various technologies critical to the DOE ARM program. | |
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Wallops Flight Facility, VA
July, 1996 |
The overall goal of the Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment (TARFOX) is to reduce uncertainties in the effects of aerosols on climate by determining the direct radiative impacts, as well as the chemical, physical, and optical properties, of the aerosols carried over the western Atlantic Ocean from the United States. | |
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Wallops Flight Facility, VA
July-August, 1995 |
Study the role of water vapor variation in convection initiation. Compare various water vapor measurement technologies. First LASE validation measurements. | |
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GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
September, 1994 |
Comparison measurements with the first lidar in space . | |
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DOE CART Site, Lamont, OK
April, 1994 |
First field campaign at the first of the DOE ARM CART sites focused on improving atmospheric radiation modeling. | |
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Wallops Flight Facility, VA
July-August, 1993 |
First of 4 CAMEX experiments studying the role of water vapor variation in covection initiation and characterizing the technologies involved in quantifying water vapor variation. | |
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Wallops Flight Facility, VA
July-August, 1992 |
Water vapor measurement intercomparison campaign. Study of microwave ducting. | |
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Coffeyville, KS
November-December 1991 |
First prototype atmospheric radiation field program sponsored by DOE as a part of the ARM program. | |
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Atmospheric Moisture Intercomparison Study (ATMIS)
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Wallops Flight Facility, VA
August, 1986 |
Made first scanning measurements of water vapor mixing ratio and aerosol scattering ratio across the land-sea interface in order to make correlative measurements in support of the airborne instrument MIR. |
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Curator:
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Martin Cadirola, Ecotronics Digital Media |
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NASA Official:
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Dr. David Whiteman, David.N.Whiteman@nasa.gov |
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Last Updated:
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Friday, January 20, 2006 |
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