ASDC | LASE_SOLVE

LASE Level 3

Entry Title: Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) Data Obtained During the SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment (SOLVE)

Entry ID: LASE_SOLVE_1

Aerosols

Description

LASE_SOLVE is the Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) Data Obtained During the SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment (SOLVE) data product. Data collection for this data set is complete.

The LASE SOLVE field experiment was conducted in the Arctic during November 1999 to March 2000 with the scientists based above the Arctic Circle at the airport in Kiruna, Sweden. Measurements of stratospheric composition over the Arctic were made using a large suite of instruments aboard several European aircraft, as well as on NASA's DC-8 and ER-2 aircraft. Additionally, balloons and ground-based instruments also took atmospheric readings and scientists gathered ozone-related data to use in validating measurements by the SAGE III instrument aboard the Russian Meteor-3 satellite.

LASE airborne lidar produced measurements of aerosols and water vapor vertical profiles from the aircraft altitude (6-8 km) down to the surface. SOLVE was a measurement campaign designed to examine the processes which control polar to mid-latitude stratospheric ozone levels. The goal of SOLVE was for its results to expand the understanding polar ozone processes to provide greater confidence in ozone monitoring capabilities.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/SOLVE/0001

Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

PROJECT HOME PAGE

ESPO home page for SOLVE

SOLVE LASE Aerosol and Water Vapor Distributions

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

NASA.gov LASE Fact Sheet

INSTRUMENT/SENSOR CALIBRATION DOCUMENTATION

LIDAR Applications Group overview of the LASE system

READ-ME

LASE_SOLVE Readme

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION

Code for reading LASE SOLVE/AFWEX data files - Direct File Download (.c)

From GCMD Science Keywords:

AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE PROFILES > ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS

Arctic High-Latitude
Atmospheric Scattering Ratio (ASR)
Total Scattering Ratio (TSR)
Water Vapor Concentration Profile

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

ASCII

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 35, N: 90), (W: -123, E: 127)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

ARCTIC ARCTIC OCEAN

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1999-11-29 - 2000-03-16

Platforms

Jet

NASA DC-8

NASA Douglas DC-8

LIDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

LASE

Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment

NASA ER-2

NASA Earth Resources-2

LIDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

Balloons

BALLOONS

Instruments not applicable.

Permanent Land Sites

GROUND STATIONS

LIDAR

Light Detection and Ranging

DIAL

Differential Absorption Lidar

Metadata Dates

Created on 2013-10-21

Last updated on 2024-08-08