Lidar Observation in Mirai MR99-K03 Cruise (Nauru 99)

Lidar observation was conducted by the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and Tohoku Institute of Technology (Contact person: Nobuo Sugimoto, E-mail: nsugimot@nies.go.jp)

99K3 CruiseTrack
Cloud distribution and boundary layer height
Quicklook lidar data (30 days) Color
Quicklook lidar data (30 days) B/W
Lidar images (532 nm attenuated bacvkscatter, 532 nm depolarization ratio, ratio of signals at 1064 nm to 532 nm)
Numerical data (cloud base height, cloud top height, cloud phase/ Cloud coverage, cloud base height (min., max., mean)/ Aerosol layer upper boundary height/ ...etc.)
Quicklook lidar data (Short term (1 hour) MBL/PBL structure)
Emagram Report

Reports for Nauru99 participants

Mirai lidar summary
Island effect page

Some examples of 1064/532 ratio and depolarization ratio

Clouds on June 17
Clouds on June 18
Clouds on June 27 (a)
Clouds on June 27 (b)
Clouds on June 27 (c)
Clouds on June 27 (d)
Clouds on June 27 (e)
Clouds on July 12 (a)
Clouds on July 12 (b)
Clouds on July 12 (c)
Mirai Lidar Home Page
NIES Lidar Home Page
JAMSTEC Nauru99 Mirai Data Archive Page
JAMSTEC Mirai data web page
Nauru99 Data Sets R/V Mirai, ARM web site
NIES Home Page
JAMSTEC Home Page