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.