Description


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Operator(s) : E.Gudmundsson
Purpose : Routine Data Collection
Date(s) : 980428 - 980428
File(s) : L9804280 - L9804281
Comments : Some haze present throughout the run. Got claudy in the end.

!!! Important
Operator mistake. startup.txt was not changed prior to this run. Contains info
siince the last run.
Logfile : l9804280.log

Setup:0


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[Variables]
Dye Power=82mJ
Rayleigh Power=600mJ

[0]
90% PMT Iris=not_installed
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=On
Daystar=Out
Polerizer=In
HalfWave Plates=Tracking

[1]
90% PMT Iris=not_installed
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=On
Daystar=Out
Polerizer=Out
HalfWave Plates=Tracking

Logsheet:0


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 1 of 1
Operators : E.Gudmundsson
Date(s) : 980428 - 980428
File(s) : L9804280 - L9804281
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L980428000:52:48Start of experiment0EG
L980428000:56:32Had some problems with the halfwave plates0EG
L980428001:20:27finally in the air again190
L980428001:24:34changed setup (halfwave plates not tracing propperly201
L980428001:27:26Rayleigh system died on me just now201
L980428001:30:31Rayleigh running again201
L980428001:35:08Rayleigh HG adjusted1061
L980428001:50:48Sodium Convergence mirror adjusted1401
L980428001:51:46Rayleigh Convergence mirror and HG adjusted2651
L980428003:00:37Rayleigh Convergence and HG adjusted4251
L980428003:13:03Measured Dye sr430 busy to laserfire; delay= 15.04micros.3891
L980428003:16:13Haze layer4431
L980428103:59:19!! Looks like a small sporadic layer in about 97km3751
L980428104:35:39counts3761
L980428105:02:04Haze or thin clouds in beem, sodium still visible though1481
L980428105:17:53Sodiun raw profile difficult to sort out now1941
L980428105:45:11Cloudy but sodium still visible on integrated profile1631
L980428105:46:25Rayleigh to noisy1631
L980428106:04:43End of experiment3081