|
|
Instrument |
Location |
Operation mode |
Pulse energy , mJ |
Rep. rate , Hz |
Minimum eye-safe range |
Wavelength , nm |
Additional safety measures |
|
1 |
CARL |
CART site, 36º 36 N 97º 29 W |
Ground-based, vertically pointing |
400 |
30 |
Eye-safe |
355 |
- |
|
2 |
Ceilometer (Vaisala 25K) |
CART site, 36º 36 N 97º 29 W |
Ground-based, vertically pointing |
2.25 e-6 |
976.6 |
Eye-safe |
910 |
- |
|
3 |
DLR Falcon DIAL |
Will Rogers |
Airborne, downward vertically pointing |
20 |
100 |
2000 m 6561.7 ft |
920 |
No |
|
4 |
DLR Falcon HRDL (NOAA, Doppler
Lidar) |
Will Rogers |
Airborne, downward vertically pointing,
may scan 20° off nadir |
2 |
200 |
Eye-safe |
2020 |
- |
|
5 |
GLOW |
Homestead, 36º 33’ N 100º 36,371’ W |
Ground-based, vertically pointing; step
stare scanning, Azimuth range 0-360°, Elevation range 5-45° |
< 35 |
10-50 |
135 m 440 ft |
355 |
No |
|
6 |
HARLIE |
Homestead, 36º 33’ N 100º 36,371’ W |
Ground-based, 45º conically scanning |
1 |
5000 |
2300 m ??? 7545.9 ft |
1064 |
Safety radar, operational? |
|
7 |
LASE (NASA, airborne, DC-8) |
Will Rogers |
Airborne,downward vertically pointing |
< 112 ,
double-pulse |
5 |
610 m AGL 2000 ft AGL |
813 |
Pulse energy adapted to achieve eye-safety at 2000
ft AGL |
|
8 |
LEANDRE II DIAL (CNRS, airborne, P3) |
Will Rogers |
Airborne, horizontally or downward
vertically pointing |
20, double-pulse |
10 |
1500 m 4921.2 ft |
730 |
Safety radar for horizontally pointing operation, test required |
|
9 |
Micropulse lidar |
CART site, 36º 36 N 97º 29 W |
Ground-based, vertically pointing |
0.01 |
2500 |
Eye-safe |
532 |
- |
|
10 |
Mini-DIAL (NOAA) |
ABLE site, not deployed yet |
Ground-based, vertically pointing |
0.4 |
9500 |
Eye-safe |
823 |
- |
|
11 |
SRL (GFSC Raman Lidar)[1] |
Homestead, 36º 33’ N 100º 36,371’ W |
Ground-based, vertically pointing or RHI
scanning in a plane 97-277º (+/-1º) |
300 |
30 |
300 m 984.2 ft |
355 |
No |
[1] The difference in eye-safety between SRL and CARL is mainly due to different beam expanders used for the laser transmitters.