Lidar by Scott
Spuler
The LIDAR team is in the process of moving REAL (Raman-shifted
Eye-safe Aerosol Lidar) from
the laboratory into to a sea-container to make it a
semi-fieldable instrument. They will be joining scientists and
engineers from Colorado University and NCARs RAP from late April
through
early May for a field campaign called "Pentagon Shield."
The
overall scientific objective of Pentagon Shield is to characterize
the structure of the boundary layer in the vicinity of the Pentagon,
with
an emphasis
on the wind, turbulence, and temperature fields. REAL will
be used to define the variability in the background aerosol distribution.
The knowledge gained will permit the development and deployment
of an improved system for the detection of hazardous material
and
the prediction of its transport in the atmosphere in the vicinity
of the Pentagon. |
