CEDAR - Resonance Lidar to Study the Upper Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere

9402823威克瓦这个项目将是犹他州立大学、马里兰大学、克莱姆森大学、匹兹堡大学和伦敦大学学院为升级其现有能力以包括最先进的共振散射激光雷达系统而进行的为期一年的合作努力。除了显著加强大气科学外，这种共振激光雷达的发展将标志着研究大气的一项经过充分测试的实验室技术的转移。在犹他州开发和初步使用后，PI将在极帽天文台尝试这个系统或其中的一部分。在这个高纬度位置，观测结果对于研究极地涡旋内外的风和温度以及冰云的出现情况非常有用，以确定冰云形成时的温度条件。***

9402823 Wickwar This project will be a one-year collaboratory effort involving Utah State University, the University of Maryland, Clemson University, the University of Pittsburgh, and University College London to upgrade its current capability to include a state-of-the- art resonance-scatter lidar system. In addition to significantly enhancing the atmospheric science, the development of this resonance lidar will mark the transfer of a well-tested laboratory technique to study the atmosphere. After its development and initial use in Utah, the PIs will try this system, or part of it, at the Polar Cap Observatory. At this high-latitude location, the observations could be very useful for examining the winds and temperatures inside and outside the polar vortex as well as the occurrence of ice clouds to determine temperature conditions at time of formation. ***