Description


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Operator(s) : E.Gudmundsson
Purpose : Routine data collection
Date(s) : 980921 - 980922
File(s) : L9809210 - L9809220
Comments :
Logfile : l9809210.log

Setup:0


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[Variables]
Dye Power=69mJ
Rayleigh Power=570mJ

[0]
90% PMT Iris=not_installed
Rayleigh System=On
Dye System=On
Daystar=Out
Polerizer=Out
HalfWave Plates=Tracking
Filter Wheel=2:532(.5nm)

[1]
90% PMT Iris=not_installed
Rayleigh System=Off
Dye System=On
Daystar=Out
Polerizer=Out
HalfWave Plates=Tracking
Filter Wheel=2:532(.5nm)

Logsheet:0


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 1 of 2
Operators : E.Gudmundsson
Date(s) : 980921 - 980922
File(s) : L9809210 - L9809220
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L980921023:40:50Start of experiment28380EG
L980921023:44:23Rayleigh HG adjusted28660EG
L980921000:10:51Sodium Convergence mirror adjusted28490EG
L980921000:11:13!! looks like a sporadic peak at 92.0 km28320EG
L980921000:59:40UPS SR430 frozen reebooted sr43028460EG
L980921001:08:09Rayleigh Convergence mirror adjusted22110EG
L980921001:25:12Rayleigh Convergence mirror adjusted21750EG
My Rayleigh counts have been juping around a bit
L980921001:25:42Counts24060EG
L980921103:25:30Rayleigh HG adjusted24060EG
Rayleigh Convergence mirror adjusted
L980921103:30:20I think the Rayleigh system is behaving oddly (countwize)15800EG
L980921103:35:33Pausing to check power20680EG
L980921103:39:58Resuming, could not get the energy above 530mJ !!18800EG
L980921103:50:39I've been checking, Lamp counts are aorund 27E6 since last0EG
L980921103:51:33change15470EG
L980921103:51:39I don't want to run with the system as it is, closing down0EG
L980921103:52:13the rayleigh system15750EG
L980922003:53:52Resuming with setup 1 incremented10451EG
L980922003:55:29Wavemeter dead on at 589.158 since startup1EG
L980922004:02:05!! noticed that after i turned the Rayleigh system off, the1EG
L980922004:03:17sodium counts fell to virtually nothing at zero altitude01EG
This is probably crosstalk from the Rayleigh channel but
does this effect the data?

Logsheet:1


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Sondrestrom Lidar Operation Log


Log Sheet 2 of 2
Operators : E.Gudmundsson
Date(s) : 980922 - 980922
File(s) : L9809220 - L9809220
FilesTime [UT]CommentsCntSOpe
L980922004:21:38End of experiment1EG