Lidar Atmopheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) Data Obtained During the ARM-FIRE Water Vapor Experiment (AFWEX)

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LASE_AFWEX data are Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment water vapor and aerosol data measurements taken during ARM-FIRE (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement - First ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) Regional Experiment Water Vapor Experiment (AFWEX)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.The LASE ARM-FIRE Water Vapor Experiment (AFWEX) field experiment was conducted from November 27 - December 15, 2000 at the ARM Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) Site site in Lamont, Oklahoma. The goals of the mission were to characterize and improve the accuracy of water vapor measurements under a wide variety of conditions. LASE airborne lidar produces measurements of aerosols and water vapor vertical profiles from the aircraft altitude (6-8 km) down to the surface. AFWEX consisted of both airborne and ground-based instruments. The main result of AFWEX was to demonstrate that, with careful analysis, a core group of 5 instruments was accurate at the 5% level for the profile of water vapor.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/LASE/0004
21 http://www.arm.gov/campaigns/sgp2000afwex
21 afwex.html http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/lidar/afw/afwex.html
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/lase/read_software/read_lase_gh.c
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/lase/lase_afwex_table
21 lase_val.html http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/lidar/las/lase_val.html
21 contents.html https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/LASE/LASE_AFWEX/contents.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC_DAAC%2FLASE%2F0004
21 https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/citing-asdc-data
21 instruments-lase.html https://science.larc.nasa.gov/lidar/instruments-lase.html
21 http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/lase/lase_table
33 lase_project.pdf https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/lase/guide/lase_project.pdf
21 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/project?p=%21C1000001300-LARC_ASDC
21 https://www.arm.gov/research/campaigns/sgp2000afwex

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

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