【Tytle】

Ground-based remote sensing of aerosol and clouds

【Sub-Tytle】

 Micro-pulse lidar measurement (Antarctic MPL)

【Observaion Period】

2001 ～ present

【Observation Photo】

【Data Summary】

Micro-pulse lidar (MPL, NASA upgraded SESI model) placed in Syowa Station acquires backscatter profiles on a 24-hour operation basis. Laser wavelength: 523.5 nm, Maximum height: 60 km, Range resolution: 30 m, Time resolution: 1 min, Pointing direction: 45 deg slant until January 2007 and vertical since 6 February 2007. Processed data (Level 1.0) and their quick look images are available from NASA MPLNET website at http://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

　

　

【Data Name】

MPL backscatter signal

【Data Location】

Syowa Station, Antarctica (69.0S, 39.6E)

【Data Format】

Digital data (binary)

【Data Period】

2001 - present

【Data Recording / Acquisition Sampling】

Continuous basis / 1 min average

【Observation Instruments】

Micro-pulse lidar (NASA upgraded SESI model)

【Data Publication】

http://mplnet.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Metadata/AMD: Antarctic Micro-Pulse Lidar Measurement

【Data Sample】　　　　　　　　

(Figure Title) One-day plot of normalized relative backscatter profile ( an example of PSC observation on 13 June 2006)

【Data Center (Contact Person)】

National Institute of Polar Research （Masataka Shiobara）

【e-mail】

【Related Organization】

 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA/GSFC

【Scientific Results / Publication】

 Shiobara, M., M. Yabuki, and H. Kobayashi, 2003: A polar cloud analysis based on Micro-pulse Lidar measurements at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard and Syowa, Antarctica. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 28, 1205-1212.
Shibata, T., K. Sato, H. Kobayashi, M. Yabuki, and M. Shiobara, 2003: The Antarctic polar stratospheric clouds under the temperature perturbation by non-orographic inertia gravity waves observed by micro pulse lidar at Syowa station. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (D3), 4105, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002713.