Aerosol Lidar (Excimer and Nd-YAG) at Ny Ålesund, Norway

Site (station location)
Ny Ålesund, Norway
Instrument Type
Lidar
Parameter
Aerosol
Model
Excimer and Nd-YAG
Instrument Status
Active
Periods of Activity
1991
–present
Cooperating Institutions
AWI
Data Link
Ames
Metadata File
https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/pub/NDACC/PUBLIC/meta/lidar/NyAlesund_a_ldr_cr_2019.pdf
M&A Directory Entry

C. Ritter (AWI) – Multi-wavelength system (excimer and Nd:YAG) making winter measurements between 10 and 45 km since 1991. In 1999 the system was upgraded for tropospheric measurements of aerosol and water vapor.  Since 2001 it is a "3+2+1" Raman lidar.