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LASE Data Sets |
Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) is an airborne autonomous DIfferential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) system developed to measure water vapor, aerosol, and cloud profiles. These measurements can be used in various atmospheric investigations, including studies of air mass modification, latent heat flux, the water vapor component of the hydrologic cycle, and atmospheric transport using water vapor as a tracer of atmospheric motions. The simultaneous measurement of aerosol and cloud distributions can provide important information on atmospheric structure and transport, and many meteorological parameters can also be inferred from these data.
| Guide Documents | Ordering Data | Relevant Links |
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| Data Set Name (Select to order) |
Browse Images Available | Readme Files | Sample Software | Parameter(s) | Temporal Coverage | Spatial Coverage | Source/ Platform |
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| LASE_VALIDATION | Browse Validation | Readme-Validation | C code (gte) | Atmospheric Scattering Ratio, Water Vapor Concentration Profiles | 09/08/1995 - 09/27/1995 |
Wallops Island, VA | NASA ER2 |
| LASE_SGP97 | Browse SGP97 | Readme-SGP97 | Atmospheric Scattering Ratio, Water Vapor Concentration Profiles | 07/11/1997 - 07/17/1997 |
Southern Great Plains | NASA P38 | |
| LASE_TARFOX | Browse TARFOX | Readme-TARFOX | Atmospheric Scattering Ratio, Water Vapor Concentration Profiles | 07/14/1996 - 07/26/1996 |
western Atlantic Ocean | NASA ER2 | |
| LASE_CAMEX3 | Browse CAMEX3 | Readme-CAMEX3 | Atmospheric Scattering Ratio, Water Vapor Concentration Profiles | 08/21/1998 - 09/23/1998 |
western Atlantic Ocean | DC-8 | |
| LASE_AFWEX | Browse AFWEX |
Readme-AFWEX | Gaines-Hipskind format documentation (PDF) |
C code (gh) | Atmospheric Scattering Ratio, Water Vapor Concentration Profiles | 11/27/2000 - 12/15/2000 |
Lamont, Oklahoma | NASA DC-8 |
| LASE_SOLVE | Browse SOLVE |
Readme-SOLVE | Gaines-Hipskind format documentation (PDF) |
Atmospheric Scattering Ratio, Water Vapor Concentration Profiles | 11/1999 - 03/2000 |
Artic high-latitude regions | NASA DC-8 |
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