CAMEX-4 LIDAR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING EXPERIMENT (LASE) V1

Description

The CAMEX-4 LIDAR Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) dataset was collected by the LASE instrument, which is an airborne DIAL (Differential Absorption Lidar) system used to measure water vapor, aerosols, and clouds throughout the troposphere. LASE operates by locking to a strong water vapor line and electronically tuning to any spectral position on the absorption line to choose the suitable absorption cross-section for optimum measurements over a range of water vapor concentrations in the atmosphere. During CAMEX-4, LASE operated from the NASA DC-8 using strong and weak water vapor lines in both the nadir and zenith modes, thereby simultaneously acquiring data below and above the aircraft.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
16 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/camex4/LASE/browse/cm4_14_h2o.gif
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/camex4/c4dlase/c4dlase_dataset.html
21 Reader for gaines/hipskind format 2310 for LASE/CAMEX-4 ascii archive files https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/camex4/c4dlase/rd_cm4_2310.pro
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/camex4/LASE/browse/
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=c4dlase
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FCAMEX-4%2FLIDAR%2FDATA101
33 Format Specification for Data Exchange https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/camex4/c4dlase/TUTORIAL.pdf
33 LASE Measurements of Water Vapor, Aerosols, and Clouds During the NASA CAMEX-4 Experiment https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/camex4/c4dlase/LASE_description.pdf
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/camex4
33 LASE Data acquired during CAMEX-4 (The Fourth Convective and Moisture Experiment) May 21, 2002 https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/camex4/c4dlase/LASE_CAMEX-4_data_documentation.pdf

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  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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