Description

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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log

Operator(s) : E.Guðmundsson, Claus, Johannsen, Chirantan, Mukhopadhyay, Nathan, Rausch, Nathan, Rausch, Chirantan Mukhopadhyay
Purpose : Routine data collection - NLC campaign
Date(s) : 030708 - 030709
File(s) : L20030708_007 - L20030709_008
Comments :
Logfile : l0307080.log

Setup:0

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[Variables]
Dye Power=89mJ
Rayleigh Power=430mJ

[0]
front end Iris=2.5mm
Rayleigh System=On
Rayleigh Field stop=2.5mm
Rayleigh path attenuation=0dB
Dye System=On
Sodium Field stop=2.5mm
Etalon=Out
Daystar=8A_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, Claus, Johannsen, Chirantan, Mukhopadhyay, Nathan Rausch
Date(s) : 030708 - 030709
File(s) : L20030708_007 - L20030709_004

Files	Time [UT]	Comments	Cnt	S	Ope
L20030708_007	19:49:27	Start of experiment	248	0	EG
L20030708_007	20:29:25	counts	256	0	CJ
L20030708_007	21:01:07	counts	261	0	CJ
L20030708_007	21:33:10	counts	266	0	CJ
L20030708_007	22:01:41	counts	257	0	CJ
L20030708_008	22:28:23	counts	256	0	CJ
L20030708_008	23:07:51	counts	278	0	CJ
L20030708_008	23:47:28	NLC detected	277	0	CM
L20030709_000	01:18:47	counts	284	0	CM
L20030709_000	02:47:25	counts	275	0	CM
L20030709_001	04:37:55	Adjusted Na wavelength	279	0	CM
L20030709_001	04:38:07	NLC no longer present	279	0	CM
L20030709_002	06:45:16	Appears like a very faint NLC Recq~70km is showign up	306	0	EG
		on the 10min integration profile
L20030709_002	06:50:03	NLC showing up on the Raw profile	316	0	EG
L20030709_002	07:24:21	This was a breif, weak one	302	0	EG
L20030709_002	07:53:58	Thin cloud in the path	201	0	EG
L20030709_003	09:22:50	counts	284	0	NR
L20030709_003	09:58:57	Na counts = 426	288	0	NR
L20030709_003	10:30:11	Occasional clouds	294	0	NR
L20030709_004	11:12:52	Tuned sodium	264	0	NR
L20030709_004	11:47:33	Weak NLC visible only on running average	299	0	NR
L20030709_004	12:08:54	NLC detection, 55 km rayleigh equivalent	308	0	NR
L20030709_004	12:49:50	Tuned sodium	308	0	NR

Logsheet:1

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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log

Log Sheet 2 of 2
Operators : Nathan, Rausch, Chirantan Mukhopadhyay
Date(s) : 030709 - 030709
File(s) : L20030709_005 - L20030709_008

Files	Time [UT]	Comments	Cnt	S	Ope
L20030709_005	13:25:47	counts	314	0	NR
L20030709_005	13:48:44	Good NLC	309	0	NR
L20030709_006	15:49:18	counts Na = 221	230	0	NR
L20030709_006	16:46:14	Na counts = 232	242	0	NR
L20030709_007	18:22:54	counts	232	0	CM
L20030709_007	19:26:01	Clouds are moving in	218	0	CM
L20030709_007	20:26:57	counts	190	0	CM
L20030709_008	21:35:11	Clounds, low counts	11	0	CM
L20030709_008	22:42:06	End of experiment	3	0	CM