The Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) is an airborne lidar system developed at NASA's Langley Research Center (LaRC). LASE uses the differential absorption lidar technique to provide profile measurements of atmospheric water vapor and aerosols. LASE operates at 815 nm and has a measurement frequency of 5 Hz. For aerosol scattering profiles, LASE has a horizontal resolution of 200 m and a vertical resolution of 30 m. For water vapor measurements, it has a horizontal resolution of 5 km and a vertical resolution of 0.2 km.
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- Lidar
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol BackscatterEarth Science > Atmosphere > AerosolsEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Lidar > Lidar BackscatterEarth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol ExtinctionEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water VaporEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Indicators > Water VaporEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Indicators > HumidityEarth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Optical Depth/thickness
- Full Column Profile
- 5 Hz
- 0.2 km x 5 km (water vapor), 30 m x 200 m (aerosol)
- 368 THz
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050523
Richard Ferrare, Amin R. Nehrir, Jonathan W. Hair
Amin R. Nehrir
LaRC
NASA
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