Aerosol

Aerosol Lidar (Ruby) at Mauna Loa, HI, United States

Site (station location)
Mauna Loa, HI, United States
Instrument Type
Lidar
Parameter
Model
Ruby
Instrument Status
Inactive
Periods of Activity
1974
–1998
Cooperating Institutions
NOAA/ESRL
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J. E. Barnes (NOAA/ESRL) — Ruby system operational from 1974 to January 1998.

Comments
*.6bl

Aerosol, Temperature, Water Vapor Lidar (Nd-Yag) at Mauna Loa, HI, United States

Site (station location)
Mauna Loa, HI, United States
Instrument Type
Lidar
Model
Nd-Yag
Instrument Status
Active
Periods of Activity
1994
–present
Cooperating Institutions
NOAA/ESRL
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H. Telg, J. E. Barnes (NOAA/ESRL) — Nd:YAG system began operations in April 1994. Temperature retrievals began in June 1994. The Nd:YAG began retrieving water vapor in October 2005.  Only aerosol data is archived and continues to be active.

Comments
*.5bl

Aerosol, Ozone, Temperature Lidar (Rayleigh/Raman/DIAL) at Mauna Loa, HI, United States

Site (station location)
Mauna Loa, HI, United States
Instrument Type
Lidar
Model
Rayleigh/ Raman/ DIAL
Instrument Status
Active
Periods of Activity
1993
–present
Cooperating Institutions
JPL
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T. Leblanc (JPL) — Multi-wavelength system deployed in July 1993. Data up to Dec. 2013 archived under previous PI (McDermid).

Aerosol Lidar () at Table Mountain Facility, CA, United States

Site (station location)
Table Mountain Facility, CA, United States
Instrument Type
Lidar
Parameter
Instrument Status
Active
Periods of Activity
1989
–present
Cooperating Institutions
JPL
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T. Leblanc (JPL) — Aerosol measurements at 353nm from 1989 to August 1999 and from 355 nm from November 1999 on. Data up to Dec. 2013 archived under previous PI (McDermid).

Aerosol Lidar (Nd:Yag) at Boulder, CO, United States

Site (station location)
Boulder, CO, United States
Instrument Type
Lidar
Parameter
Model
Nd:Yag
Instrument Status
Inactive
Periods of Activity
2000
–2012
Cooperating Institutions
NOAA/ESRL
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J. E. Barnes (NOAA/ESRL) — Aerosol measurements using Nd:YAG system. The database for 532-nm backscatter extends back to January 2000. Not operational since 2012.

Aerosol, Temperature, Water Vapor Lidar (Raman) at Potenza, Italy

Site (station location)
Potenza, Italy
Instrument Type
Lidar
Model
Raman
Instrument Status
Active
Periods of Activity
2004
–2015
Cooperating Institutions
U. Della Basilicata
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P. Di Girolamo (Scuola di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi della Basilicata) — Raman lidar system (BASIL) began operations in 2004 and entered NDACC in 2012.

Aerosol Sonde (Backscatter) at Laramie, WY, United States

Site (station location)
Laramie, WY, United States
Instrument Type
Sonde
Parameter
Model
Backscatter
Instrument Status
Inactive
Periods of Activity
1989
–2000
Cooperating Institutions
U. Wyoming
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J. Rosen (U. Wyoming) Backscatter measurements of aerosol profiles available for May 1989 – September 2000.

Aerosol Sonde (Dustsonde) at Laramie, WY, United States

Site (station location)
Laramie, WY, United States
Instrument Type
Sonde
Parameter
Model
Dustsonde
Instrument Status
Inactive
Periods of Activity
1971
–1988
Cooperating Institutions
U. Wyoming
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J. Rosen (U. Wyoming) — Dustsonde measurements from 1971–1988.

Aerosol, Temperature Lidar (Rayleigh) at Toronto, Canada

Site (station location)
Toronto - Downsview, Canada
Instrument Type
Lidar
Parameter
Model
Rayleigh
Instrument Status
Inactive
Periods of Activity
1991
–1997
Cooperating Institutions
EC
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H. Fast (EC) — Year-round operation of Rayleigh system from late 1989 through April 2000.  Data archived under the previous PI (Pal) for 1991 to 1993 and for 1996 to 1997.  Instrument positioned nearby at CREStech building 43.78N 79.50W.

Aerosol Lidar (Mie 532nm) at Observatoire de Haute Provence, France

Site (station location)
Observatoire de Haute Provence, France
Instrument Type
Lidar
Parameter
Model
Mie 532nm
Instrument Status
Active
Periods of Activity
1991
–present
Cooperating Institutions
LATMOS-IPSL
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J. Jumelet and S. Khaykin (LATMOS-IPSL) — Began NDACC operations in March 1991 (stopped from 1995–1998 and between April 2008 and July 2009). Early data archived under previous PI (David).