High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 (HSRL2)

Status

Operated By: 
PI

The NASA Langley airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 (HSRL) is used to characterize clouds and small particles in the atmosphere, called aerosols. From an airborne platform, the HSRL2 scientist team studies aerosol size, composition, distribution and movement.
 

Instrument Type: 
Lidar
Measurements: 
Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction
Aircraft: 
ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF
Point(s) of Contact: 
Chris Hostetler (POC; PI), Richard Ferrare (PI), Sharon Burton (Co-I), Johnathan W. Hair (Co-I), Anthony Cook (Mgr), David Harper (Mgr)