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

2005年在加拿大北极地区埃尔斯米尔岛的尤里卡进行了初步部署，其中包括NOAA云雷达和威斯康星大学北极高光谱分辨率激光雷达（AHSRL）。这两种仪器目前都能传回连续的高质量数据，结合起来，它们提供了关于云的光学和微物理特性的独特信息。人眼安全的AHSRL提供去极化、光学深度和反向散射截面的垂直剖面，并作为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校准良好的数据集。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NSF拨款OPP-9910304资助。NOAA为在尤里卡安装AHSRL提供了资金，通过与加拿大北极变化网络（CANDAC）的协议，NOAA提供了仪器庇护、互联网通信、电力、备件和一名技术员，负责维护所有的搜索仪器。美国国家海洋和大气管理局还为威斯康辛大学提供机票、住宿和每日津贴，当他们需要前往尤里卡遗址进行维护时。该提案要求为威斯康星大学管理AHSRL的人员提供工资支持，并通过其网站向北极研究界提供数据。PI还建议编写和发布云数据的气候学摘要。

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.