Lase Validation : Flight 8 - Aerosol and Water Vapor Distributions

Major LASE Validation References

Information Regarding LASE Validation Images

Flight 8 / Satellite Water Vapor / 23-24 Sept. 95

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

Color image of LASE (ER-2) Flight 8 Track

20:55 -- 02:09

Color image of LASE (ER-2) Track Flight 8 Overlaid on GOES/AVHRR Imagery

Color image of the Weather Analysis Summary for Flight 8

Aerosols -- Total Scattering Ratio (TSR)

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

Subset Images (by UT): 20:54:08 - 21:56:53 | 21:57:02 - 23:04:05 | 23:04:14 - 00:06:57 | 00:18:36 - 01:13:57 | 01:14:06 - 02:09:25 | movie_loop_all |

Water Vapor

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

Subset Images (by UT): 20:54:08 - 21:56:53 | 21:57:02 - 23:04:05 | 23:04:14 - 00:06:57 | 00:18:36 - 01:13:57 | 01:14:06 - 02:09:25 | movie_loop_all |

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

Comparisons on Strong Line and Weak Line.

Summary Table of Flight 8 LASE/In-Situ Intercomparisons

Table on Strong Line | Weak Line |

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