Micropulse Differential Absorption Lidar (MPD) Network Demonstration Field Campaign Report
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Washington, DC (United States)
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Montana State University (MSU) are nearing completion of a National Science Foundation (NSF) major research instrumentation grant to build five micropulse differential absorption lidars (MPDs) for water vapor profiling. The first demonstration of the MPD configured as a five-unit network occurred at the Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility Southern Great Plains (SGP) field sites near Lamont, Oklahoma from 17 April–21 July 2019 for a total of 96 days of operation. The field deployment was funded in part by DOE (which provided support for the MPD installation, power at the field sites, personnel to launch 3-hourly radiosondes from the Central Facility, and the cost of the radiosondes themselves), internal NCAR funds (to support the MPD shipping costs and NCAR staff travel expenses), and NSF/Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) funds (to support the MSU travel expenses to participate in the instrument setup).
- Research Organization:
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO (United States); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Washington, DC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1595264
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SC-ARM-20-002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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