High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 (HSRL2)

Status

Status:

Operational

Operated By:

Replaces:

High Spectral Resolution Lidar

The NASA Langley airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar 2 (HSRL) is used to characterize clouds and small particles in the atmosphere, called aerosols. From an airborne platform, the HSRL2 scientist team studies aerosol size, composition, distribution and movement.

Instrument Type:

Lidar

Measurements:

Aerosol Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Scattering Ratio, Aerosol Backscattering, Aerosol Extinction

Aircraft:

ER-2 - AFRC, P-3 Orion - WFF, NASA P-3

Missions:

CAMP2Ex (NASA P-3); ORACLES (ER-2 - AFRC)

Instrument Team:

Chris Hostetler (PI)

Richard Ferrare (PI)

Sharon Burton (Co-I)