Description

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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log

Operator(s) : K.Richmond, E.Guðmundsson
Purpose : Routine data collection
Date(s) : 010821 - 010822
File(s) : L108210 - L108222
Comments : Na laser not fully warmed up at experiment start
Logfile : l0108210.log

Setup:0

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[Variables]
Dye Power=100 mJ
Rayleigh Power=510 mJ

[0]
Iris=0.6mm
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=On
Etalon=Out
Daystar=In
Polarizer=In
HalfWave Plates=Tracking
Rayleigh Filter=2:532(.5nm)
Rayleigh seeding=off

[1]
Iris=0.6mm
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=On
Etalon=Out
Daystar=Out
Polarizer=In
HalfWave Plates=Tracking
Rayleigh Filter=2:532(.5nm)
Rayleigh seeding=off

Logsheet:0

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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log

Log Sheet 1 of 1
Operators : K.Richmond, E.Guðmundsson
Date(s) : 010821 - 010822
File(s) : L108210 - L108222

Files	Time [UT]	Comments	Cnt	S	Ope
L108210	23:54:29	Start of experiment	1419	0	KR
L108210	00:08:14	Adjusted Halfwave plates	2194	0	EG
L108220	00:09:00	Filenumber Incremented	2328	0	KR
L108221	00:13:09	Removed Daystar, incremented file number	10027	1	KR
L108221	00:29:49	Dye system tuned to 589.158 nm	10297	1	KR
L108221	00:45:28	Moved chopped altitude up 5 km to eliminate signal-induced	9893	1	EG
		noise.
L108222	00:49:24	Na HG adjusted, file number incremented	9556	1	KR
L108222	01:55:27	Na thin layer	6625	1	KR
L108222	01:56:16	Dont know why Rayleigh counts're falling. Halfwave plates	6749	1	KR
		perhaps not tracking correctly?
L108222	02:02:09	Rayleigh Convergence mirror adjusted	7277	1	KR
L108222	02:36:32	A bit of high cirrus in the beam.	3579	1	KR
L108222	03:10:34	NLC detection @ 84 km ?	3119	1	KR
L108222	03:49:36	Haze layer	1254	1	KR
L108222	04:53:57	Thick Haze	974	1	KR
L108222	04:56:40	End of experiment	943	1	KR