Maui/MALT: Rayleigh Lidar Measurements of Middle Atmospheric Temperatures and Dynamics

将在夏威夷毛伊岛部署瑞利激光雷达系统，以测量平流层和中间层区域的绝对温度和相对大气密度，并结合伊利诺伊州大学钠激光雷达系统对中间层上层和热层下层的风和温度进行的同步观测。从大学借来的10瓦激光发射器。将与位于山上的3.7米美国空军-AEOS望远镜相结合。Haleakala实现了当今任何其他常规运行的瑞利激光雷达系统所无法比拟的功率孔径产品。这些激光雷达测量将得到大学提供的所有天空成像观测的补充。伊利诺伊州强度成像系统和犹他州州立大学。OH和O2排放的温度和强度的全天成像系统。这套测量将提供对平流层和中间层区域内小尺度波传播特性的重点研究。将这些结果与伊利诺伊州流星雷达系统的结果结合起来，将有可能进行更大规模的动态测量。

A Rayleigh lidar system will be deployed to Maui, Hawaii, to measure absolute temperatures and relative atmospheric density throughout the stratosphere and mesosphere regions in combination with simultaneous observations of upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere winds and temperatures carried out by the U. of Illinois sodium lidar system. The 10 watts laser transmitter on loan from the Univ. of Illinois would be combined with the 3.7 m USAF-AEOS telescope located on Mt. Haleakala to achieve a power aperture product unmatched by any other Rayleigh lidar system regularly operating today. These lidar measurements would be supplemented by all sky imaging observations provided by the Univ. of Illinois OH intensity imaging system and the Utah State Univ. all sky imaging system of temperature and intensity for OH and O2 emissions. This suite of measurements would provide for focused investigations of small-scale wave propagation properties within the stratosphere and mesosphere regions. Larger scale dynamical measurements would be possible by combining these results with those from the Illinois meteor radar system.