2010 Workshop:Mini Lidar School
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Mini Lidar School for CEDAR Community
Location, Date/Time and Duration
2 hours
Conveners
Xinzhao Chu
Chiao-Yao (Joe) She
Workshop Categories
Altitudes: MLT - Latitudes: global - Inst/Model: optical - Other: LIDAR
Format of the Workshop
Tutorials: Tutorial presentations and afternoon/evening tours to lidar observatory, along with tutorial posters exhibited during the CEDAR week
Estimated attendance
30-40
Conflicts with other workshops or Requested Specific Days
Conflict with other lidar workshops. Would prefer Thursday since Monday is 25th anniversary banquet, and Tuesday and Wednesday are poster evenings. Need 2 h for tutorials, ~2 h for afternoon bus tour of Table Mountain Lidar Observatory, then car-pool ~8PM to Table Mountain to operate the lidar, weather permitting, after sunset ~830 PM.
Special technology requests
LCD projector for presentations and we hope Barbara Emery could arrange buses to Table Mountain Lidar Observatory.
Description
As one of the most powerful tools in the CEDAR community, lidar intrigues many students and researchers, even though its reputation has been “very difficult and sophisticated to build and operate”. How to convert a column of photon counts into meaningful physical parameters also remains a mystery to many people who want to use lidars or lidar data. Hosted by the Consortium Technology Center (CTC) under the umbrella of Consortium of Resonance and Rayleigh Lidars (CRRL), the purpose of this workshop is to provide tutorials to bring people into the lidar world -- “opening” the gate to reveal the beauty of lidar for CEDAR science.
This mini lidar school will include a 2-hour afternoon workshop of tutorials given by experienced lidar researchers, and then a 2-hour afternoon tour to the Table Mountain Lidar Observatory using a U CO bus. We will then carpool ~8PM in the evening to go back to Table Mountain Lidar Observatory to watch CEDAR lidars in action after sunset ~830 PM. It is possible to let students touch and operate the real lidars to get atmosphere data if weather permits. Table Mountain is located in north Boulder ~10 miles from CU campus, and it is currently hosting several resonance fluorescence lidars under development by CRRL/CTC. People interested are encouraged to check out the website of a “Lidar Remote Sensing” class taught at CU-Boulder: http://cires.colorado.edu/science/groups/chu/classes/lidar2008/.
Workshop Summary
This is where the final summary workshop report will be.
Presentation Resources
The talks of this CEDAR mini LIDAR school are available below as .pdf files, while the videos are available from Brian Day (brian@daylightav.com, cell 720-933-0598, Daylight Productions and Rentals, 4700 Sterling Drive, Suite I, Boulder, CO 80301, Phone: (303) 440-3334, FAX: (303) 442-8180) on one DVD for $25. The videos are also on-line as mpeg version 4 files (mp4) linked below.
- Xinzhao Chu, U CO, Introduction to the CEDAR Mini LIDAR School (mp4)
- Xinzhao Chu, U CO,LIDAR Exploration of Atmosphere and Space (mp4)
- Ciao-Yao (Joe) She, CSU, Na Lidar for Measuring Temperature and Wind (mp4)
- Andrew Gerrard, NJIT, Rayleigh/Mie LIDAR for ... (NOT dummies, but for ...) (mp4)
- Shikha Raizada, Arecibo Obs, Resonance Fluorescence Lidar for Study of Different Species in MLT Region (mp4)
