Aerosol Lidar (Nd:YAG) at Garmisch, Germany

Site (station location)
Garmisch, Germany
Instrument Type
Lidar
Parameter
Aerosol
Model
Nd:YAG
Instrument Status
Inactive
Periods of Activity
1994
–2015
Cooperating Institutions
IMK-IFU
Data Link
Ames
Metadata File
https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/pub/NDACC/PUBLIC/meta/lidar/Garmisch_a_ldr_tt_2004final.pdf
M&A Directory Entry

T. Trickl (IMK-IFU) — System at Garmisch similar to the instrument at Mauna Loa (19.54°N, 155.58°W); operated as a ruby system from 1976 to 1990 and as a Nd:YAG system since 1991 retrieving from 5–30 km.  Data archived (1994–2015). Early data is archived under a previous PI (Jaeger). Resumed operation in 2017 with new system on Zugspitze Mountain.