mplpolfs

The micropulse lidar (MPL) is a ground-based, optical, remote-sensing system designed primarily to determine the altitude of clouds; however, it is also used for detection of atmospheric aerosols. The physical principle is the same as for radar. Pulses of energy are transmitted into the atmosphere; the energy scattered back to the transceiver is collected and measured as a time-resolved signal, thereby detecting clouds and aerosols in real time.

From the time delay between each outgoing pulse and the backscattered signal, the distance to the scatterer is inferred. Post-processing of the lidar return characterizes the extent and properties of aerosols or other particles in a region.

Attenuated backscatter, cross pol

MOSAIC (Drifting Obs - Study of Arctic Climate); Mobile Facility - MOSAIC (Drifting Obs - Study of Arctic Climate); AMF2

• Latitude: 87.3859550524503
• Longitude: 105.742372199893
• Publication Date: 2019-10-11
• Start Date: 2019-10-11
• End Date: 2020-09-06
• Last Updated: 2021-03-10

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#mpl

Paytsar Muradyan

Argonne National Laboratory

Connor Flynn

University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology

Brian Ermold

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1320657
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2019. Micropulse Lidar (MPLPOLFS). 2019-10-11 to 2020-09-06, ARM Mobile Facility (MOS) MOSAIC (Drifting Obs - Study of Arctic Climate); AMF2 (M1). Compiled by P. Muradyan, E. Cromwell, A. Koontz and R. Coulter. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1320657.