Lase Validation : Flight 9 - Aerosol and Water Vapor Distributions

Major LASE Validation References

Information Regarding LASE Validation Images

Flight 9 / Cold Front Cross Section / 25 Sept. 95

(This flight operated on the strong water line for a short period and then switched to interleaved water line operations for the remainder of the flight.)

Color image of LASE (ER-2) Flight 9 Track

17:54 -- 23:27

Color image of LASE (ER-2) Track Flight 9 Overlaid on GOES/AVHRR Imagery

Color image of the Weather Analysis Summary for Flight 9

Aerosols -- Color images of the Total Scattering Ratio (TSR)

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

Subset Images (by UT): 17:53:22 - 18:59:04 | 18:59:07 - 21:17:15 | 21:17:27 - 23:27:27 | movie_loop_all |

Water Vapor-- Color images

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

Subset Images (by UT): 17:53:22 - 18:59:04 | 18:59:07 - 21:17:15 | 21:17:27 - 23:27:27 | movie_loop_all |

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

Comparisons on Strong Line(1) and Interleaved Line(2).

Summary Table of Flight 9 LASE/In-Situ Intercomparisons

Table on Strong/Interleaved Line -- page 1 | Strong/Interleaved Line -- page 2 |

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