Description


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Operator(s) : E.Guðmundsson, J., M., Holmes, J., M., Holmes, J., M., Holmes, Nathan Rausch
Purpose : Routine data collection
Date(s) : 030115 - 030116
File(s) : L20030115_000 - L20030116_004
Comments :
Logfile :

Setup:0


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[Variables]
Dye Power=87mJ
Rayleigh Power=450mJ

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

[1]
Iris=min_opening
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=On
Etalon=Out
Daystar=In
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 2
Operators : E.Guðmundsson, J. M. Holmes
Date(s) : 030115 - 030116
File(s) : L20030115_000 - L20030116_002
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L20030115_00021:04:27Start of experiment11910EG
21:10:44Just converged on the sodium channel. 11780EG
21:11:15closing the receiver cover.11580EG
21:12:43receiver box closed11580EG
21:13:02taking data at this setting for 2 hours11580EG
L20030115_00022:58:56detecting a nice sporadic sodium layer at 102km10780EG
23:02:05seems to be a short lived one, a meteor ?10680EG
L20030115_00123:36:48pausing data aq to start taking data at low altitudes10640EG
L20030115_00123:43:55taking data in low alt mode11EG
L20030115_00123:49:29changing to rayleigh flipping 21EG
L20030115_00100:10:55crashed the 01EG
L20030115_00100:14:37recovered continuing experiment01EG
L20030116_00001:34:40Observing an increased extinction over time in the off plane01EG
L20030116_00002:18:55bad record on the sodium11EG
L20030116_00002:23:33tuning dye laser from 589.157 to 589.158nm01EG
L20030116_00002:42:08the extinction improvement over time has reached a 21EG
maximum.
L20030116_00103:37:35JMH taking over for EG11JMH
L20030116_00104:28:42Slight adjustment of heat exchangers to normal levels.01JMH
L20030116_00104:31:23Bad record on Na channel01JMH
L20030116_00206:03:01Turning off Rayleigh flipping (variation: thru 2 maxima.)01JMH
L20030116_00207:09:32Bad record on Na channel11JMH
L20030116_00207:12:02Tuning dye laser from 589.159 to 589.158 nm11JMH
L20030116_00207:30:36Bad record on Na channel11JMH

Logsheet:1


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 2 of 2
Operators : J., M., Holmes, Nathan Rausch
Date(s) : 030116 - 030116
File(s) : L20030116_003 - L20030116_004
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L20030116_00307:57:40Bad record on Na channel11JMH
L20030116_00309:02:50Bad record on Na channel11JMH
L20030116_00309:54:43Clouds are moving in01JMH
L20030116_00410:23:04Bad record on Na channel01JMH
L20030116_00411:21:11More clouds01NR
L20030116_00412:07:14End of experiment1NR