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HRDL and OPAL lidars aboard the R/V Brown during NEAQS 2004. ABDIAL installed on the DC-3 during NEAQS 2004. Lidar DevelopmentDr. Alan Brewer, LeadThis group develops new instruments for measuring winds, turbulence, cloud and aerosol properties, water vapor, and important atmospheric constituents such as ozone and carbon dioxide. Significant accomplishments over the past few years include:
Lidar has great promise for future observations
from platforms such as unattended airborne vehicles or commercial
airlines because the systems can be very compact. Current and
projected research is aimed at development of a new aerosol lidar
for air quality studies from the NOAA P-3, modifying the ETL high
resolution Doppler lidar for airborne operation from the cabin or a
fuel pod, demonstration of an unattended instrument for profiling
lower tropospheric water vapor, development of tunable laser
technology for a new airborne ozone instrument, and investigation
of lidar techniques to measure atmospheric CO2. ETL Scientists Receive DoC Silver MedalsRobert Banta, Raul Alvarez, and Lisa Darby along with eight colleagues from the Aeronomy Lab were given a group medal for the discovery of a previously unrecognized major factor that causes ozone pollution in the Houston, Texas area. More... | |
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