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OID
Optical Ice Detector

The Optical Ice Detector (OID) is an airborne polarimetric cloud lidar system developed by Collins Aerospace, Inc. It measures lidar backscatter, depolarization, and optical extinction to determine cloud phase and water content. It operates at a wavelength of 905 nm and has a pulse rate of 2500 Hz. OID has a range resolution of 0.6 meters and provides data at a rate of 1 Hz.

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
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Extinction
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Lidar > Lidar Depolarization Ratio
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Backscatter
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Microphysics > Cloud Liquid Water/ice
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Polarized Reflectance
Full Column Profile
1 Hz
0.6 m
331.3 THz
Currently unavailble

  • Kaare Anderson, Mark Ray

  • Kaare Anderson, Mark Ray

  • Collins Aerospace

  • Currently unavailable

  • Currently unavailable

    • data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

HIWC

High Ice Water Content Radar Study

2015—2022
Southeastern United States, Florida, Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Southern California, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
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3 Deployments
· 0 Data Products

Data Products