LASE Level 3
Entry Title: Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) Data Obtained During the Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment (TARFOX)

Entry ID: LASE_TARFOX_1
Aerosols Field Campaigns
Description

The Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment (TARFOX) data set was collected over the Western Atlantic Ocean in July 1996. The overall goal of TARFOX was to reduce uncertainties in the effects of aerosols on climate by determining the direct radiative impacts, as well as the chemical, physical, and optical properties, of the aerosols carried over the western Atlantic Ocean from the United States. LASE is an airborne autonomous DIAL system which produces measurements of aerosols and water vapor vertical profiles from the aircraft altitude down to the surface. Such profiles show the vertical context in which the TARFOX in situ and radiometric measurements are made, thus supporting the vertical extension of the in situ measurements and detecting any unsampled layers or inhomogeneities, which would impact the airborne and satellite radiative flux measurements. Note that the LASE_TARFOX data set is also available under the TARFOX project as the TARFOX_LASE data set. The data files included in these two data sets are identical.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/LASE/0001

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Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
  • NASA ER-2
  • Atmospheric Scattering Ratio (ASR)
  • Total Scattering Ratio (TSR)
  • Water Vapor Concentration Profile
  • Water Vapor Concentration Profiles
Data Distribution

File Format(s):

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Spatial Information

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Spatial Coverage: (32, 39.4), (-77.5, -64.4)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Geodetic
Granule Spatial Representation: Geodetic
Locations

WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1996-07-14 - 1996-07-26
Temporal Resolution: 3 Seconds
Platforms

Aircraft
C-131A
Convair C-131 Samaritan
NEPHELOMETERS
NASA ER-2
NASA Earth Resources-2
DIAL
Differential Absorption Lidar
LASE
Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
Cessna Pelican
PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS
TEMPERATURE PROBES
HYGROMETERS
Metadata Dates

Created on 1999-06-10
Last updated on 2022-10-21