Lase Validation : Flight 2 - Aerosol and Water Vapor Distributions

Major LASE Validation References

Information Regarding LASE Validation Images

Flight 2 / Hurricane Luis Survey / 9-10 Sept. 95

(This flight operated independently on strong and weak water lines.)

Color image of LASE (ER-2) Flight 2 Track

22:46 -- 04:00

Color image of LASE (ER-2) Track Flight 2 Overlaid on GOES/AVHRR Imagery

Color image of Weather Analysis Summary for Flight 2

Color Hurricane Luis Related Images

Met IR imagery of Luis at 2215 UT.

Relative Aerosol Backscatter Small Scale | Large Scale in vicinity of Luis.

Water Vapor Small Scale | Large Scale in vicinity of Luis.

Aerosols -- Total Scattering Ratio Color Images (TSR)

Entire Flight Summary: TSR Scale: 1 - 6 | TSR Scale: 1 - 1000 |

Subset Images (by UT): 22:45:08 - 23:38:23 | 23:38:30 - 00:29:53 | 00:39:29 - 01:47:16 | 01:47:22 - 02:54:46 | 02:54:52 - 04:02:12 | movie_loop_all |

Water Vapor--Color Images

Entire Flight Summary: H2O Scale: 0.01 - 20 g/kg |

Subset Images (by UT): 22:45:08 - 23:38:23 | 23:38:30 - 00:29:53 | 00:39:29 - 01:47:16 | 01:47:22 - 02:54:46 | 02:54:52 - 04:02:12 | movie_loop_all |

Color images of a Selected Sample LASE/In-Situ Profile Comparisons

Comparisons on Strong Line and Weak Line.

Summary Table of Flight 2 LASE/In-Situ Intercomparisons

Table on Strong Line | Weak Line |

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