Description


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Operator(s) : John, Geiszler, J.Thayer, John, Geiszler, John Geiszler
Purpose : routine data collection
Date(s) : 050810 - 050811
File(s) : L20050810_000 - L20050811_012
Comments :
Logfile : l0508100.log

Setup:0


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[Variables]
Dye Power=
Rayleigh Power=530mJ

[0]
front end Iris=not_installed
Rayleigh System=On
Rayleigh Field stop=0.5mm
Rayleigh path attenuation=0dB
Dye System=On
Sodium Field stop=0.5mm
Etalon=Out
Daystar=8A_In
Polarizer=In
HalfWave Plates=Tracking
Rayleigh Filter=2:532(.5nm)
Rayleigh seeding=off

[1]
front end Iris=not_installed
Rayleigh System=On
Rayleigh Field stop=0.5mm
Rayleigh path attenuation=0dB
Dye System=On
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 2
Operators : John, Geiszler, J.Thayer, John Geiszler
Date(s) : 050810 - 050811
File(s) : L20050810_000 - L20050811_007
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
22:51:42Start of experiment0JDG
L20050810_00022:53:48counts1500JDG
L20050810_00023:42:21removed Daystar filter SZA = 88.27480JT
L20050810_00000:21:22Sodium system online - adjusted wavemeter to read .158mn9500JT
L20050810_00000:39:06clear skies and nice sodium signal9850JT
L20050811_00001:45:27Nice and clear but no NLCs :-(9830JT
L20050811_00102:20:38reboot computer after sodium SR430 got hung0JT
L20050811_00102:26:41Adjusting chopper timing to higher altitude on Rayleigh channel9840JT
L20050811_00203:36:35Na channel crash, restarted ARCLITE20JT
L20050811_00203:46:21NLCs visible in the east sky for past 30 minutes - Craig taking pictures0JT
L20050811_00305:14:42Rayleigh channel crash. restarting ARCLITE0JT
L20050811_00405:49:07Na channel error, restarting ARCLITE5450JT
L20050811_00405:56:10Clouds are moving in530JDG
L20050811_00406:00:32Clouds overhead, but they might move away. Pausing system80JDG
L20050811_00406:35:07starting back up3010JDG
L20050811_00406:43:16counts9590JDG
L20050811_00606:57:55GPIB error in Na channel. restarting ARCLITE0JDG
07:13:32Changed to setup 1. SZA 88.450JDG
L20050811_00607:24:27Daystar back in, restarting system1420JDG
L20050811_00607:51:47counts1410JDG
L20050811_00708:10:23Rayleigh channel crash, restarting ARCLITE0JDG
L20050811_00708:29:24counts1420JDG
L20050811_00708:40:23adjusted Na chopper timing to lower altitude0JDG
L20050811_00708:55:51counts1440JDG

Logsheet:1


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 2 of 2
Operators : John Geiszler
Date(s) : 050811 - 050811
File(s) : L20050811_009 - L20050811_012
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L20050811_00909:08:39Rayleigh channel crash. restarting ARCLITE0JDG
L20050811_00909:51:33intermittent clouds760JDG
L20050811_01011:52:57Sodium channel down, restarting (clouds now)-660JDG
L20050811_01213:16:49In the air again-1120
L20050811_01213:53:30Clouds-1390
L20050811_01213:53:40End of experiment0