Friday August 25 Bruce started the REAL at 0900 PDT with a 30 minute warm up. Data collection to start at 0930.
Calm with scattered clouds and temperature around 70.
MPD03 shows high levels of watervapor and possibly a light rain shower about 1000 UTC (0300 PDT).
Scattered clouds looking east 0915 PDT
Scattered clouds looking west 0915 PDT
LabVIEW start 0934 PDT
The lidar return is a bit stronger today. Did not have to increase the elevation angle to 0.11 deg today to avoid ground returns. Elevation angle at 0.10.
First dust structures of the day.
LabVIEW display at 1536 PDT - note the increased signal levels in both channels
Today, Bruce and Shane leveled the trailer. Background: rain from TS Hiliary caused the east and front of the trailer to sink slightly. It was just enough that that beam was intersecting the ground to the NE of the linear array. Since August 21 until this afternoon we compensated by increasing the elevation angle to 0.15 degrees. That is relative to the platform. So, if you see 0.15-degrees in the images from 8/21 until about 2:20 PM PDT today, that is with a platform that is not level and our best effort at keeping the beam level as it was before TS Hilary passed over.
