Temperature

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), L. Twigg (SSAI), and G. Sumnicht (SSAI) — The STROZ lidar retrieves ozone vertical profiles in the stratosphere from 10 to 50 km. Temperature to ~80 km and aerosols (at 355 nm) to 35 km also are measured. The instrument has also been modified to measure water vapor from near the ground to ~15 km. As a mobile intercomparator, it has participated in an ozone and temperature intercomparisons at Cabauw in September 2019.  The 2019 data is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.

K. Strong (U. Toronto) — Stratospheric Ozone Lidar system (SOLID) deployed in February 1993 under PI A. Carswell. Nighttime operations only. SOLID has five detection channels, including two channels used for temperature retrieval: one Rayleigh channel for temperature above 25 km (353 nm), and one Raman channel to improve the temperature profiles in the presence of aerosols (385 nm, installed in 1994). Operation suspended for 2002 and 2003. Operations resumed in 2004–2009 on a campaign basis schedule (~2 weeks in February–March) under PI K. Strawbridge. Operation suspended for 2010-2016 due to technical and funding issues. Operations resumed under PI J. Drummond since 2017 on the ~4–6 week period leading up to polar sunrise in January-March and ~2 week period in October-November. Operations since April 2020 have been affected by the lack of on-site support due to the COVID-19 pandemic, funding, and restricted access to the Ridge Lab. Since 2020 the PI of SOLID and PEARL is Kimberly Strong (University of Toronto).

Early data exist in the database for 1993–1998 and 2004–2009 in NASA Ames format.

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), L. Twigg (SSAI), and G. Sumnicht (SSAI) — The Aerosol and Temperature Lidar (AT Lidar) has been rebuilt, and now includes water vapor to ~15 km, temperature in the troposphere using rotational Raman backscatter, stratospheric temperature up to ~80 km, and aerosol parameters using elastic and Raman backscatter up to ~35 km. As a mobile intercomparator, it has participated in intercomparisons at Mauna Loa from November 2012–August 2013, January 2014 & 2015 and November 2015. Data up to 2015 is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), L. Twigg (SSAI), and G. Sumnicht (SSAI) — The STROZ lidar retrieves ozone vertical profiles in the stratosphere from 10 to 50 km. Temperature to ~80 km and aerosols (at 355 nm) to 35 km also are measured. The instrument has also been modified to measure water vapor from near the ground to ~15 km. As a mobile intercomparator, it participated in ozone intercomparisons in May 2015. The 2015 data is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), G. Sumnicht (SSAI), and L. Twigg (SSAI) — The Aerosol and Temperature Lidar (AT Lidar) has been rebuilt, and now includes water vapor to ~15 km, temperature in the troposphere using rotational Raman backscatter, stratospheric temperature up to ~80 km, and aerosol parameters using elastic and Raman backscatter up to ~35 km. When not participating in campaigns, the instrument conducts measurements at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The AT lidar participated in the WAVES 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 campaigns conducted in Beltsville, MD. Data through 2009 is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), L. Twigg (SSAI), and G. Sumnicht (SSAI) — The STROZ lidar retrieves ozone vertical profiles in the stratosphere from 10 to 50 km. Temperature to ~80 km and aerosols (at 355 nm) to 35 km also are measured. The instrument has also been modified to measure water vapor from near the ground to ~15 km. As a mobile intercomparator, it has participated in ozone intercomparisons at the Table Mountain Facility February/March 1992, February/March 1997, June 2004, June 2005, October 2009 (MOHAVE), and February–March 2011. Data through 2011 is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), L. Twigg (SSAI), and G. Sumnicht (SSAI) — The STROZ lidar retrieves ozone vertical profiles in the stratosphere from 10 to 50 km. Temperature to ~80 km and aerosols (at 355 nm) to 35 km also are measured. The instrument has also been modified to measure water vapor from near the ground to ~15 km. As a mobile intercomparator, it has participated in ozone intercomparisons at Lauder October–December 1992, March–October 1994, April 1995, September–December 2001, April 2002, June–July 2011, and April 2012. Data through 2012 is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), L. Twigg (SSAI), and G. Sumnicht (SSAI) — The STROZ lidar retrieves ozone vertical profiles in the stratosphere from 10 to 50 km. Temperature to ~80 km and aerosols (at 355 nm) to 35 km also are measured. The instrument has also been modified to measure water vapor from near the ground to ~10 km. As a mobile intercomparator, it has participated in ozone and temperature intercomparisons at Mauna Loa from June 1995–February 1996, August 2002, November 2012–August 2013, and January 2014. The 1995-1996 data is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), G. Sumnicht (SSAI), and L. Twigg (SSAI) — The Aerosol and Temperature Lidar (AT Lidar) has been rebuilt, and now includes water vapor to >10 km, temperature in the troposphere using rotational Raman backscatter, stratospheric temperature up to ~80 km, and aerosol parameters using elastic and Raman backscatter up to ~35 km. It has participated in ozone intercomparisons at the Table Mountain Facility in June 2005 and in water vapor intercomparisons during the MOHAVE campaign of October 2006, 2007, and 2009. Data through 2009 is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.

J. T. Sullivan (GSFC), L. Twigg (SSAI), and G. Sumnicht (SSAI) — The STROZ lidar retrieves ozone vertical profiles in the stratosphere from 10 to 50 km. Temperature to ~80 km and aerosols (at 355 nm) to 35 km also are measured. The instrument has also been modified to measure water vapor from near the ground to ~15 km. When not participating in campaigns, the instrument conducts measurements at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The STROZ lidar participated in the ozone and water vapor comparisons during the WAVES 2008 and 2009 campaigns. Data through 2001 is archived in the name of the previous PI – McGee.