Wyoming Cloud Lidar: instrument description and applications Export

@article{citeulike:5403444, abstract = {The Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL), a compact two-channel elastic lidar, was designed to obtain cloud measurements together with the Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR) on the University of Wyoming King Air and the National Science Foundation/National Center of Atmospheric Research C-130 aircraft. The WCL has been deployed in four field projects under a variety of atmospheric and cloud conditions during the last two years. Throughout these campaigns, it has exhibited the needed reliability for turn-key operation from aircraft. We provide here an overview of the instrument and examples to illustrate the measurements capability of the WCL. Although the WCL as a standalone instrument can provide unique measurements for cloud and boundary layer aerosol studies, the synergy of WCL and WCR measurements coupled with in situ sampling from an aircraft provide a significant step forward in our ability to observe and understand cloud microphysical property evolution.}, author = {Wang, Zhien and Wechsler, Perry and Kuestner, William and French, Jeffrey and Rodi, Alfred and Glover, Brent and Burkhart, Matthew and Lukens, Donal}, citeulike-article-id = {5403444}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.013576}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=183791}, day = {3}, doi = {10.1364/OE.17.013576}, journal = {Opt. Express}, keywords = {cloud\_lidar, depolarization, lidar}, month = {August}, number = {16}, pages = {13576--13587}, posted-at = {2009-08-10 11:25:36}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Wyoming Cloud Lidar: instrument description and applications}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.013576}, volume = {17}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5403444 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5403444 N2 - The Wyoming Cloud Lidar (WCL), a compact two-channel elastic lidar, was designed to obtain cloud measurements together with the Wyoming Cloud Radar (WCR) on the University of Wyoming King Air and the National Science Foundation/National Center of Atmospheric Research C-130 aircraft. The WCL has been deployed in four field projects under a variety of atmospheric and cloud conditions during the last two years. Throughout these campaigns, it has exhibited the needed reliability for turn-key operation from aircraft. We provide here an overview of the instrument and examples to illustrate the measurements capability of the WCL. Although the WCL as a standalone instrument can provide unique measurements for cloud and boundary layer aerosol studies, the synergy of WCL and WCR measurements coupled with in situ sampling from an aircraft provide a significant step forward in our ability to observe and understand cloud microphysical property evolution. IS - 16 JF - Opt. Express EP - 13587 TI - Wyoming Cloud Lidar: instrument description and applications PB - OSA VL - 17 SP - 13576 KW - cloud_lidar KW - depolarization KW - lidar AU - Wang, Zhien AU - Wechsler, Perry AU - Kuestner, William AU - French, Jeffrey AU - Rodi, Alfred AU - Glover, Brent AU - Burkhart, Matthew AU - Lukens, Donal PY - 2009/08/03/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.013576 ER -