Wednesday, March 18, 2015

NOAA 200S lidar schedule

The two NOAA 200S lidars are now set in a dual Doppler stare.  Each stare is 30 min long.  The lidars are running in 25 range-gate and 0.5 sec accumulation mode.  This will be monitored and we may step back to 50m gates if aerosol conditions are not suitable.  The schedule of the scans is as follows:

Sonic block:
00:00:00 - 50m Sonic stare
00:30:00 - 100m Sonic stare
01:00:00 - 150 m Sonic stare

Super site block:
01:31:00 - 40m Super site stare
02:01:00 - 50m Super site stare
02:31:00 - 60m Super site stare
03:01:00 - 80m Super site stare
03:31:00 - 100m Super site stare
04:01:00 - 120m Super site stare
04:31:00 - 140m Super site stare

Next sonic block - 05:02:00
Super site block - 06:33:00

sonic block - 10:04:00
super site block - 11:35:00

sonic block - 15:06:00
super site block - 16:37:00

sonic block - 20:08:00
super site block - 21:39:00

This data will be used to calibrate the time synchronization between the lidars.

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