NAMMA LIDAR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING EXPERIMENT (LASE) V1

Description

The NAMMA Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) dataset used the LASE system using the Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) system was operated during the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) campaign to gather water vapor mixing ratio and aerosol scattering ratio (815 nm) profiles. Other derived parameters include: relative humidity, equivalent potential temperature, virtual potential temperature, precipitable water vapor profiles, aerosol backscatter, aerosol extinction, and aerosol optical thickness profiles (815 nm). Aerosol data are reported as atmospheric scattering ratios on a logarithmic scale. Water vapor data are reported as mixing ratios (g/kg) on both a linear and logarithmic scale. LASE was operated from the NASA DC-8 aircraft during 14 NAMMA campaign flights between August 15 and September 12, 2006.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset http://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/uso/ds_docs/namma/namlase/namlase_dataset.html
21 Files may be downloaded directly to your workstation from this link https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=namlase
16 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/LASE/browse/NAMMA_LASE_20060905_ASR_ATTN_CORR_DC8_R3.gif
21 Hurricane Micro Article https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/hurricane
21 N/A https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/LASE/browse/
16 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/LASE/browse/NAMMA_LASE_20060905_H2O-LOG_R1.gif
16 Sample browse image https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/namma/LASE/browse/NAMMA_LASE_20060905_H2O-LIN_R1.gif
33 Format Specication for Data Exchange https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/namma/namlase/Gaines_Hipskind.pdf
21 Code to demonstrate reading LASE SOLVE/AFWEX data files https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/doc/namma/namlase/read_lase_gh.c
21 The home page for the project or program which sponsored the dataset https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/namma
21 Instructions for citing GHRC data https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNAMMA%2FLASE%2FDATA201

Tags

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

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