Description

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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log

Operator(s) : E.Guðmundsson, Nathan, Rausch, Nathan Rausch
Purpose : routine data collection - NLC campaign
Date(s) : 030722 - 030722
File(s) : L20030722_000 - L20030722_004
Comments : Weak NLC detected at 10:41UT
Logfile : l0307220.log

Setup:0

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[Variables]
Dye Power=65mJ
Rayleigh Power=430mJ

[0]
front end Iris=2.5mm
Rayleigh System=On
Rayleigh Field stop=2.0mm
Rayleigh path attenuation=0dB
Dye System=Off
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 1
Operators : E.Guðmundsson, Nathan Rausch
Date(s) : 030722 - 030722
File(s) : L20030722_000 - L20030722_004

Files	Time [UT]	Comments	Cnt	S	Ope
L20030722_000	10:01:48	Start of experiment		0	EG
L20030722_000	10:16:21	warming up sodium system, sodium off line now		0	EG
L20030722_000	10:19:19	Cirrus clous attenuating signal	168	0	EG
L20030722_000	10:41:09	weak NLC detected	167	0	EG
L20030722_000	10:46:02	Started Sodium data acq	164	0	EG
L20030722_000	10:46:36	Incremented filename	175	0	EG
L20030722_001	12:02:51	counts Na=172	208	0	NR
L20030722_001	12:33:06	counts Na = 152	210	0	NR
L20030722_001	13:11:24	NLC disappearing	198	0	NR
L20030722_002	13:53:19	counts Na=132	199	0	NR
L20030722_002	14:19:12	counts Na=39	98	0	NR
L20030722_002	14:47:26	Bad Rayleigh record	0	0	NR
L20030722_002	14:52:15	Rayleigh not triggering properly? restarting data acq	0	0	NR
L20030722_004	15:35:20	Problem fixed	157	0	EG
L20030722_004	16:00:57	counts	106	0	NR
L20030722_004	16:05:51	Clouds are moving in	108	0	NR
L20030722_004	16:41:34	End of experiment	3	0	NR