Syowa polarized micro-pulse lidar (PMPL)

2016.1.9 - present

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(1) Folder: quick_look

Quick look images using the ver.3 program

YYYY/snr/v3_snr_YYYYMMDD.gif
  1(top)    - co-pol attenuated backscatter : LOG10 (ABS (/km/sr))
  2         - co-pol signal-to-noise ratio : LOG10 (SNR)
  3         - cross-pol attenuated backscatter : LOG10 (ABS (/km/sr))
  4(bottom) - cross-pol signal-to-noise ratio : LOG10(SNR)

YYYY/bsr/v3_bsr_YYYYMMDD.gif
  1(top)    - Total atenuated backscatter (/km/sr)
  2         - MPL depolarization ratio using the signals of SNR > 3
  3(bottom) - MPL depolarization ratio using the signals of SNR > 10

Daily file
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(2) Folder: ver3/atn

Vertical profile of PMPL attenuated backscatter and depolarization ratio
Daily file of 5-minute interval

Details

1. File names:  YYYY/atn/v3_attenuate_backscatter_YYYYMMDD.txt

2. Data format in files

   time stamp (sec, dt=300sec, mid; 00UT=>0, 12UT=12*60*60)
   height (km, dz=0.03km, mid)
   attenuated backscatter (/m/sr) for parallel (co-pol)
   attenuated backscatter (/m/sr) for perpendilucllar (cross-pol)
   SNR for parallel 
   SNR for perpendilucllar
   MPL backscatter depolarization ratio
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(code)
 read_ave_30m_999bin_calin_snr.f
 wread_30m_999bin-syowa.c
 YYYYsyowa_snr.sh

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MPL serial NO

S/N4107 -2009/12/15

 2010/06-2012/06 NIPR
 -2013/09 Shigaraki
 -2013/12/20 NIPR
 -2014/02/20 Sigma
 2014/05/13-2015/03/06 AWIPEV
    2014/05/13-2014/06/25 966kB (dz=30m)
    2014/06/25-2014/12/05 1922kB (dz=15m)
    2014/12/05-2015/03/06 966kB (dz=30m)
 2015/03/08-current Rabben
    2015/03/09- 1922kB (dz=15m)


S/N4206 -2012/03

 2012/03/27-2012/06/05 AWIPEV
 2012/06/06-2013/03/20 Rabben -CN
 2013/08/05-2014/05/13 AWI
    2013/08/- 679kB (dz=30m, Range Max=)
 2014/05/13-2014/10/10 Sigma
 2015/11 Syowa- (dz=15m)
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