mpl
Micropulse Lidar (MPL): cloud base and top heights (mpl)
Browse DataThe 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.
Measurements
Location
Tropical Western Pacific
- Latitude: -12.425
- Longitude: 130.892
- Publication Date: 2002-08-08
- Start Date: 2002-08-08
- End Date: 2006-08-24
- Last Updated: 2014-12-19
Instrument Mentor
https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#mpl
Richard Coulter
Argonne National LaboratoryConnor Flynn
University of Oklahoma School of MeteorologyBrian Ermold
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryTimothy Martin
Argonne National LaboratoryPaytsar Muradyan
Argonne National LaboratoryDOI / Citation
http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025243
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2002, updated hourly. Micropulse Lidar (MPL). 2002-08-08 to 2006-08-24, Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3). Compiled by R. Coulter, P. Muradyan, C. Flynn, T. Martin and B. Ermold. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025243.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2002, updated hourly. Micropulse Lidar (MPL). 2002-08-08 to 2006-08-24, Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3). Compiled by R. Coulter, P. Muradyan, C. Flynn, T. Martin and B. Ermold. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025243.