Description


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Operator(s) : Christian, Have, Pedersen, Steve, Mitchell, Christian, Have, Pedersen, E.Guðmundsson, Christian, Have, Pedersen, Christian Have Pedersen
Purpose : Training and data acquisition on 532 and 607 nm
Date(s) : 080108 - 080110
File(s) : L20080108_000 - L20080110_002
Comments : Glenn Thompson polarizer put into RX path halfway through exp.
Daystar in path did not work out.
Logfile : L0801080.log

Setup:0


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front end Iris=1.5mm
Rayleigh System=On
Rayleigh Field stop=0.5mm
Rayleigh path attenuation=0dB
Dye System=Off
Sodium Field stop=0.5mm
Etalon=Out
Daystar=Out
Polarizer=In
HalfWave Plates=In
Rayleigh Filter=2:532(.5nm)
Rayleigh seeding=off

Logsheet:0


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 1 of 3
Operators : Christian Have Pedersen
Date(s) : 080108 - 080109
File(s) : L20080108_000 - L20080108_001
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L20080108_00019:04:26Start of experiment2290cp
Cnt ref.409
Cnt. ref.422
19:47:57Count ref.4190cp
19:55:03Thin haze layer.3790cp
20:12:50Count ref.3350cp
20:19:56Did some converging.3860cp
L20080108_00021:07:42Count ref.3940cp
L20080108_00021:40:01Count ref.4010cp
L20080108_00122:14:25Did some converging.3530cp
L20080108_00122:54:41Did some converging.2820cp
L20080108_00123:14:27Low counts due to observed clouds2470cp
20080109_00001:07:47Data acquisition program failed, restarted.1240cp
20080109_00001:35:41Count ref.3050cp
20080109_00002:05:11Count ref.3580cp
20080109_00002:48:36Count ref.1980cp
20080109_00002:58:58Count ref.3500cp
20080109_00003:03:56Count ref.3910cp
20080109_00003:08:05After last crash, data not recorded because of wrong setup 00cp
of data acq. app. (CP training Steve)0
20080109_00003:34:25Did some converging again.3090cp
20080109_00005:51:59Will optimize position TX/RX HW plates 3090cp
20080109_00106:22:38Done optimizing. Cnt. ref.3080cp
20080109_00107:08:54Cnt. ref.3670cp

Logsheet:1


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 2 of 3
Operators : Christian, Have, Pedersen, E.Guðmundsson
Date(s) : 080109 - 080110
File(s) : L20080109_005 - L20080109_010
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
20080109_00207:48:51Count ref.3890cp
20080109_00208:32:51A little more haze now.2910cp
20080109_00209:10:50Cnt. ref.2640cp
20080109_00309:51:59More haze now.1430cp
L20080109_00510:52:17A bot of thin clouds above 6km but data is good3150EG
L20080109_00511:41:56taking a look at the receiver740EG
L20080109_00511:54:46Done messing with the receiver, tweeked the IRIS a bit1210EG
Thought that I might get the lower alt stuff better out of
the way, but cloud cover is getting worse so I stopped
L20080109_00511:55:52Chopper alt needs proably reevaluation1260EG
L20080109_00512:00:11Converged890EG
L20080109_00613:00:35Still going, a bit noisy Raman but Rayleigh still good680EG
L20080109_00613:01:00SZA=93deg680EG
L20080109_00615:23:21Going to install the daystar filter690EG
L20080109_00715:42:21Daystar in the system now.30EG
L20080109_00717:09:43Count ref.20EG
L20080109_00818:02:32Count ref.20EG
L20080109_00818:33:04Going to remove the daystar filter20EG
L20080109_00819:22:25running without the daystar now990EG
L20080109_00820:11:48Count ref.980EG
L20080109_00920:54:44Count ref.540EG
L20080109_00921:36:12Count ref.430EG
L20080109_01023:28:04Count ref.370EG
L20080109_01000:39:52Count ref.730EG

Logsheet:2


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 3 of 3
Operators : E.Guðmundsson, Christian Have Pedersen
Date(s) : 080110 - 080110
File(s) : L20080109_010 - L20080110_002
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L20080109_01001:00:32Converged beams1020EG
L20080110_00001:53:10Count ref.1060EG
L20080110_00002:47:29Cnt. ref.1070cp
L20080110_00003:11:46Cnt ref.1070cp
L20080110_00104:54:35Cnt ref.1070cp
L20080110_00106:00:29Cnt. ref.1030cp
L20080110_00206:55:42Cnt. ref.1050cp
L20080110_00207:12:06End of experiment0cp