Description

Page : 1944

Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log

Operator(s) : Matthew, Hayman, Christian, Have, Pedersen, Matthew Hayman
Purpose : Test Low Altitude 532 nm Big Sky Cross Polarized Lasers
Date(s) : 080509 - 080509
File(s) : L20080509_001 - L20080509_003
Comments : No transmit window. Blocked 1064 nm transmission. First run with cross
polarized low altitude 532 nm lasers.
New experiement setup for rayleigh/SP channel.
Logfile : l0805090.log

Setup:0

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front end Iris=not_installed
Rayleigh System=On
Rayleigh Field stop=0.5mm
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 : Matthew, Hayman, Christian, Have, Pedersen, Matthew Hayman
Date(s) : 080509 - 080509
File(s) : L20080509_001 - L20080509_003

Files	Time [UT]	Comments	Cnt	S	Ope
L20080509_001	01:29:12	Start of experiment		0	M.H.
L20080509_001	01:29:50	HW tracking, but not flipping. Will be taking a few minutes	0	0	M.H.
		of data on the 532nm and 607nm channel.	0
L20080509_001	02:33:56	Stopped recording on 607nm channel. No useful data.		0	M.H.
L20080509_002	04:14:25	Succesfully got a profile from the new cross polarized LASER		0
		Trigger timing not in place yet. Also,
L20080509_002	05:30:08	New trigger timing of the new cross polarized laser.		0
L20080509_002	05:30:41	Starting up 607nm exp.		0
L20080509_002	05:31:56	Double profile on Rayleigh channel now. Recording S&P		0
		+ Rayleigh data in one data record now. Still old data filename
		though.	84
L20080509_002	06:32:35	stopping the raman channel too much backgrnd sza=88.6	60	0	M.H.
L20080509_003	07:54:29	too much background sza = 82	-99	0	M.H.
	07:54:58	End of experiment		0	M.H.