Description


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Operator(s) : E.Guðmundsson
Purpose : Summertime alignments and data collection
Date(s) : 050516 - 050517
File(s) : L20050516_001 - L20050517_000
Comments : Good skies
Logfile : l0505160.log

Setup:0


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[Variables]
Rayleigh Power=540mJ

[0]
front end Iris=not_installed
Rayleigh System=On
Rayleigh Field stop=1.5mm
Rayleigh path attenuation=0dB
Dye System=Off
Sodium Field stop=0.5mm
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 : E.Guðmundsson
Date(s) : 050516 - 050517
File(s) : L20050516_001 - L20050517_000
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L20050516_00123:41:43Start of experiment0EG
L20050516_00123:41:48working on system alignment, Rayleigh only0EG
L20050516_00300:08:24Close lid on receiver3960EG
L20050516_00300:09:15COunts3970EG
L20050516_00300:09:25UPS! Removing attenuator from the receiver4030EG
L20050516_00300:13:33Counts7110EG
L20050516_00300:15:28Verifying tracking direction7040EG
L20050516_00300:28:53Counts7070EG
L20050516_00300:41:38Counts7230EG
L20050516_00300:44:27tried to improve convergence, but I think I wa at a good spot6980EG
L20050516_00300:45:55Installing daystar7090EG
L20050516_00300:51:45Dyastar installed in the system, waitng for counts1060EG
L20050516_00300:52:45Counts 1090EG
L20050516_00300:55:18looks like 15% transmission.1090EG
L20050516_00300:56:44Adjusting focus of front end1090EG
L20050516_00301:03:06Changed Z axis from 1.85 to 1.201290EG
L20050516_00301:18:00Removed daystar from receiver,8270EG
L20050516_00301:19:06Counts7240EG
L20050516_00301:32:23will contiue collecting data without interferance for a while7500EG
L20050517_00002:42:05Counts7330EG
L20050517_00003:26:46End of experiment7160EG