Location
Salt Lake Community College
Start Date
5-10-2004 9:00 AM
Description
A Rayleigh-scatter lidar has been operated by the Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences (CASS) at Utah State University (USU) since 1993. The lidar measures atmospheric temperatures between 45 and 90 km which are important for understanding the physics and chemistry of the middle atmosphere. The temperature profiles were used to create a multi-year temperature climatology. This climatology was used for comparisons with the temperature climatology from the Purple Crow Lidar at the University of Western Ontario, and nightly temperature profiles from the SABER instrument on board the TIMED satellite.
Mesospheric Temperature Climatology and Comparisons Above the Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake Community College
A Rayleigh-scatter lidar has been operated by the Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences (CASS) at Utah State University (USU) since 1993. The lidar measures atmospheric temperatures between 45 and 90 km which are important for understanding the physics and chemistry of the middle atmosphere. The temperature profiles were used to create a multi-year temperature climatology. This climatology was used for comparisons with the temperature climatology from the Purple Crow Lidar at the University of Western Ontario, and nightly temperature profiles from the SABER instrument on board the TIMED satellite.