NAMMA LIDAR ATMOSPHERIC SENSING EXPERIMENT (LASE) V1

The NAMMA Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) dataset used the LASE system using the Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) system was operated during the NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA) campaign to gather water vapor mixing ratio and aerosol scattering ratio (815 nm) profiles. Other derived parameters include: relative humidity, equivalent potential temperature, virtual potential temperature, precipitable water vapor profiles, aerosol backscatter, aerosol extinction, and aerosol optical thickness profiles (815 nm). Aerosol data are reported as atmospheric scattering ratios on a logarithmic scale. Water vapor data are reported as mixing ratios (g/kg) on both a linear and logarithmic scale. LASE was operated from the NASA DC-8 aircraft during 14 NAMMA campaign flights between August 15 and September 12, 2006.

NAMMA 激光雷达大气探测实验（LASE）数据集，运用差分吸收激光雷达（DIAL）系统，于 NASA 非洲季风多学科分析（NAMMA）行动期间运行，旨在收集水汽混合比和气溶胶散射比（815 nm）的垂直分布。此外，还衍生出相对湿度、等价位温、虚位温、可降水量水汽垂直分布、气溶胶后向散射、气溶胶消光以及气溶胶光学厚度垂直分布（815 nm）等参数。气溶胶数据以对数尺度上的大气散射比报告。水汽数据则以线性与对数尺度上的混合比（g/kg）形式报告。LASE 系统在 2006 年 8 月 15 日至 9 月 12 日期间，随 NASA DC-8 飞机参与了 14 次NAMMA行动飞行任务进行操作。