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Instrument

MSC Lidar
Meteorological Services of Canada Lidar

The MSC Lidar is an airborne lidar system operated by the Meteorological Services of Canada (MSC). It is designed to be mounted on the National Research Council Canada Convair 580 aircraft. It measures lidar backscatter and depolarization ratio at 1064 nm to assess cloud and aerosol optical properties. The MSC Lidar has a horizontal resolution ranging from about 85 to 100 meters and a vertical resolution of 4 meters for 1 Hz data.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Lidar
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Lidar > Lidar Backscatter
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Lidar > Lidar Depolarization Ratio
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Lidar
Full Column Profile
1 Hz
85-100 m (horizontal), 4 m (vertical)
281.8 THz
Currently unavailble

  • Kevin Strawbridge, Michael Hardwood

  • Kevin Strawbridge, Michael Hardwood

  • Currently unavailable

  • Currently unavailable

  • Currently unavailable

    • Unpublished

Instrument Operation

FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998
Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska
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5 Deployments
· 131 Data Products

Data Products