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Synonyms: 
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2
HSRL2
Associated content: 
High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2

LaRC G-III Instrument Check Flight for ASIA-AQ

Instrument work on a no-fly day

HSRL2 Prefligth operations

T. Cook, HSRL2

High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2

The NASA Langley airborne High-Spectral-Resolution Lidar – Generation 2 (HSRL-2) is used to characterize clouds and small particles in the atmosphere, called aerosols. From an airborne platform, the HSRL-2 instrument provides nadir-viewing profiles of aerosol and cloud optical and microphysical properties, which are used studies aerosol impacts on radiation, clouds, and air quality. HSRL-2 also provides measurements of the near-surface ocean, including depth-resolved subsurface backscatter and attenuation. HSRL-2 can also be configured to utilize the differential absorption (DIAL) technique for measuring profiles of ozone concentrations in addition to the above products.
 

Instrument Type: 
Lidar
Measurements: 
Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction
Aircraft: 
ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, B200 - LARC, B-200 (UC-12B) - LARC, Gulfstream V - JSC, Gulfstream III - LaRC
Point(s) of Contact: 
Johnathan W. Hair (PI)

Plymouth and Boston MA for FL280

Hyannis MA for FL280 during TCAP 2012

Dale Bowser readies NASA 529 for flight

HSRL 2 Researchers make pre-flight weather call.

Beautiful Cape Cod from FL280

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