Development of data products for the University of Wisconsin High Spectral Resolution Lidar

2005年在加拿大北极埃尔斯米尔岛的尤里卡初步部署了仪器，其中包括美国国家海洋和大气局的云雷达和威斯康星大学北极高光谱分辨率激光雷达。这两台仪器目前都能连续返回高质量的数据，它们结合在一起，提供了有关云的光学和微观物理特征的独特信息。眼睛安全的AHSRL提供了去偏振、光学厚度和后向散射截面的垂直轮廓，并作为一个从威斯康星大学实验室远程控制的互联网设备运行。AHSRL能够以比传统激光雷达低得多的成本收集经过良好校准的数据集。数据通过互联网传输，并通过一个可公开访问的网站实时提供给世界各地的研究人员。AHSRL的建设由美国国家科学基金会拨款OPP-9910304提供资金。NOAA提供了在尤里卡安装AHSRL的资金，通过与加拿大北极变化网络(CANDAC)达成的协议，NOAA提供了一个仪器掩体、互联网通信、电力、备件和一名负责所有搜索仪器的技术人员。美国国家海洋和大气管理局还为威斯康星大学提供机票、住宿和每日费用支持，当需要与维护相关的旅行到尤里卡站点时。这项提案要求为威斯康星大学运营AHSRL的人员提供工资支持，并通过他们的网站向北极研究界提供数据。国际和平研究所还建议编制和发布云数据的气候摘要。

An initial deployment of instruments was made during 2005 at Eureka on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic which included the NOAA cloud radar and the University of Wisconsin Arctic High Spectral Resolution Lidar (AHSRL). Both instruments currently return continuous high quality data and in combination, they provide unique information on the optical and micro-physical characteristics of clouds. The eye-safe AHSRL provides vertical profiles of depolarization, optical depth, and backscatter cross section and operates as an Internet Appliance which is remotely controlled from the University of Wisconsin laboratory. The AHSRL is able to gather well-calibrated data sets at much lower cost than possible with conventional lidars. Data is transmitted via the Internet and is made available to researchers around the world in real time via a publicly accessible web site. Construction of the AHSRL was funded by NSF grant OPP-9910304. NOAA provided funds to install the AHSRL in Eureka, and through agreements with the Canadian Network for Arctic Change (CANDAC), NOAA has provided an instrument shelter, Internet communications, electrical power, spare parts, and a technician who tends to all of the SEARCH instrumentation. NOAA is also providing airfare, lodging, and per diem support for University of Wisconsin when maintenance related travel is required to the Eureka site. This proposal requests salary support for the University of Wisconsin personnel who operate the AHSRL and to make the data available to the Arctic research community via their web site. The PI's also propose to prepare and publish climatological summaries of cloud data.