Description


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Operator(s) : K.Richmond, E.Guðmundsson, K.Soldavin, J.Jørgensen
Purpose : NLC hunt
Date(s) : 000813 - 000815
File(s) : L8130 - L8152
Comments : Nothing
Logfile : l0008130.log

Setup:0


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[Variables]
Rayleigh Power=530 mJ
Dye Power=105 mJ

[0]
Iris=min_opening
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=Off
Daystar=In
Polarizer=In
HalfWave Plates=Tracking
Rayleigh Filter=2:532(.5nm)

[1]
Iris=min_opening
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=On
Daystar=In
Polarizer=In
HalfWave Plates=Tracking
Rayleigh Filter=2:532(.5nm)

[2]
Iris=min_opening
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=On
Daystar=Out
Polarizer=In
HalfWave Plates=Tracking
Rayleigh Filter=2:532(.5nm)

Logsheet:0


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 1 of 3
Operators : K.Richmond, E.Guðmundsson, K.Soldavin, J.Jørgensen
Date(s) : 000813 - 000814
File(s) : L8130 - L8141
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L813013:45:22Start of experiment16710KR
L813016:03:41sodium system running now, incremented11201EG
L813116:04:06Counts11201EG
L813116:05:51Sodium layer clearly visible on raw noise subtracted record11111EG
L813116:06:25SZA=52.911491EG
L813119:04:00Sodium Convergence mirror adjusted14701EG
L813119:55:51incremented11961EG
L813221:20:39Dye system tuned to 589.158nm from 589.159nm1EG
L813221:38:26Rayleigh Convergence mirror adjusted8961EG
L813200:31:56May be seeing a bit of sporadic Na16401KR
L813300:32:48Filenumber incremented16401KR
L813300:57:53Oh yeah, I was going to remove daystar...17431KR
L813401:02:12Removed Daystar94442KR
L813402:21:38Sodium & Rayleigh Convergence mirrors adjusted78022KR
L813402:24:53Rayleigh Convergence mirror adjusted90652KR
L813503:36:08Sodium Convergence mirror adjusted, Filenumber incremented79782KR
L813606:03:32File number incremented92842KAS
L813606:57:30Added daystar98841KAS
L813708:48:05File number incremented25321KAS
L814011:39:37File number incremented28061JJ
L814012:31:38Tweked sodium HG to maximize energy whent from 50mJ1EG
to 95 mJ. Tweeked sodkium Convergence mirrorEG
L814115:00:42File number incremented24151JJ
L814116:10:20High thin clouds moving through16771JJ

Logsheet:1


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 2 of 3
Operators : J.Jørgensen, E.Guðmundsson
Date(s) : 000814 - 000815
File(s) : L8141 - L8152
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L814118:23:08Clouds getting denser, incremented16141EG
L814218:23:51counts16141EG
L814218:25:50Tuned sodim from 589.155 to 589.15816271EG
L814218:26:25Maxed HG on sodium16271EG
L814220:29:34Signal gone, incremented1EG
L814300:17:57It's Clouds have intermittently blocked the beams over the1EG
past few hours but there is still good data coming in.
L814300:19:25tuned sodium sustem from 589.161 nm to 589.158nm8581EG
L814300:20:20incremented1EG
L815000:20:22Counts8501EG
L815001:10:45Some nice clouds in both channels useful for altitude15931EG
comparison beetween channels!
L815002:47:55Tweeked sodium convergence1EG
L815003:03:43incremented9111EG
L815103:49:03Clouds1JJ
L815106:15:41Sodium convergence adj.1JJ
L815106:22:28Still trying1JJ
L815106:27:10Heavy clouds comming in1JJ
L815107:22:42Tried sodiom convergence again1JJ
L815107:43:04Trying again1JJ
L815208:40:07Incremented filenumber5662JJ
L815208:42:11Changing setup2JJ
L815208:45:24Guess not.. Daystar all ready in there. Setup number reflects2JJ
something else. Setup should have been 1 instead of 2

Logsheet:2


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 3 of 3
Operators : J.Jørgensen, K.Richmond, E.Guðmundsson
Date(s) : 000815 - 000815
File(s) : L8152 - L8152
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L815208:47:13Running again1JJ
L815209:07:04Tried sodium convergence again1JJ
L815209:11:44Sodium tuned from .156 to .1581JJ
L815209:16:08Sdoium tuned to .15913691JJ
L815211:54:48Clouds are moving in13341KR
L815211:57:32End of experiment14121KR