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Remote Sensing Group -- Instruments


WCR

Wyoming Cloud Radar  (WCR)

Elastic lidar

A compact elastic lidar

Raman lidar

A compact Raman lidar

1. Wyoming Cloud Radar  (WCR)

  • The WCR onboard the UW King Air has recently been upgraded with multi-beam,so that the two downward –looking beams can be used in conjunction with one or both of the horizontal-looking beams, or in conjunction with the upward-looking beam.

WCR

  • An example of WCR measured cloud structure and dynamics during the DYCOMS-II project. The panels are reflectivity (a), vertical (Doppler) velocity (b), and horizontal velocity (c). Positive velocities are from left-to-right in the 3rd panel.

example

More information about the WCR at the WCR web page.

2. A compact elastic lidar

  • It is still underdevelopment.
  • The lidar is designed to work together with the upward-looking  WCR from the UW King Air. Combining lidar and radar measurements  from UW King Air will provide a better  cloud characterization in the future.
  • The elastic lidar web page.
 

3. A compact Raman lidar

  • It is still underdevelopment.
  • The Raman lidar is designed to provide boundary layer  water vapor and aerosol  measurements from the UW King Air and  surface.
  • The Raman lidar web page


Acknowledgments: The WCR are supported by NSF, NASA, ONR/DOD and University of Wyoming.
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