Decommissioned 2008
Research applications include:
Basic parameters measured:
| Wavelength | 10.6 µm (fully eye-safe) | |
| Pulse energy | 0.5 J (LP) | 0.1 J (SP) |
| Pulse rate | up to 20 Hz | |
| Scan | Upper hemisphere to 3° below horizontal | |
| Across-beam Resolution | 1 m | |
| Along-beam Resolution | 300m (LP) | 75m (SP) |
| Minimum range | 1.5 km (LP) | 0.8 km (SP) |
| Maximum range (in boundary layer) | 15-30 km (LP) | 7-15 km (SP) |
| Accuracy | 3 dB or better (Calibrated backscatter) | 0.3 - 1 m/s (Doppler radial velocity) |
LP = Long Pulse, SP = Short Pulse
| Project Name | Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VTMX | Vertical Transport and Mixing Program | October 2000 | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| TexAQS | Texas Air Quality Study | August-September 2000 | Houston, Texas |
| MAP | Mesoscale Alpine Programme | October-November 1999 | Austrian Alps |
| CAMEX | Convection and Moisture Experiment III | August-September 1998 | Florida |
| MAH | Mountain Aviation Hazards | January-March 1997 | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| MACAWS | Multicenter Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor | 1995, 1996, 1998 | various |
| CART | Cloud and Radiation Testbed - cloud IOP | 1994 | Lamont, Oklahoma |
| Crystal Mist | July 1994 | Nevada Test Site, Nevada | |
| Crystal Mist | December 1993 | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico | |
| STS56 | STS-56 landing | 1993 | Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| TMDBCE | Theater Missile Defense Bulk Chemical Experiment | 1993 | Dugway Proving Ground, Utah |
| Vancouver Ozone Study | July-August 1993 | Vancouver, British Colombia | |
| SCOPE | San Clemente Island Ocean Probing Experiment) | 1993 | San Clemente Island, California |
| TMDBCE | Theater Missile Defense Bulk Chemical Experiment | 1992 | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico |
| Mt. Pinatubo | Mt. Pinatubo - Stratospheric Aerosol | 1991, 1992 | various |
| ASCOT | February-March 1991 | Rocky Flats, south of Boulder, Colorado | |
| STS37 | STS-37 launch | 1991 | Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| TMDBCE | Theater Missile Defense Bulk Chemical Experiment | 1991 | Dugway Proving Ground, Utah |
| FIRE II | 1991 | Coffeyville, Kansas | |
| TMDBCE | Theater Missile Defense Bulk Chemical Experiment | 1991 | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico |
| Grand Canyon Haze Study | January-March 1990 | Grand Canyon, Arizona | |
| GLOBE | GLOBE Intercomparison | 1989, 1990 | Moffett Field, Mountain View, California |
| CLARET | 1989 | Erie, Colorado | |
| Battersby Prescribed Burn Study | July-August 1988 | Battersby, Ontario, Canada | |
| Mauna Loa | 1988 | Mauna Loa, Hawaii | |
| CHINOOK | 1987 | Boulder, Colorado | |
| FIFE | First ISLSCP Field Experiment | 1987 | Manhattan, Kansas |
| LASBEX | Land-Sea Breeze Experiment | September 1987 | Moss Landing, California |
| Denver Brown Cloud Study | 1987 | Denver, Colorado | |
| Mesogamma | 1986 | Denver, Colorado | |
| FIRE I | 1986 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin | |
| TEXEX | 1985 | Midland, Texas | |
| Brush Creek | 1984 | Parachute, Colorado | |
| El Chichon - Stratospheric Aerosol | 1983 | various | |
| JAWS | Joint Aviation Warning Study | 1982 | Denver, Colorado |
| STS3 | STS-3 landing | 1981 | Edwards Air Force Base, California |
Post, M.J., and R.E. Cupp, Optimizing a pulsed Doppler lidar, Applied Optics, 29, 4145-4158, 1990.
Zhao, Y., M.J. Post, and R.M. Hardesty, Receiving efficiency of monostatic pulsed coherent lidars. 2: Applications, Applied Optics, 29, 4120-4132, 1990.