Downward-Pointing Lidar

UW Flight No Date (1995) Location Period that Lidar was Operated
(hhmmss UTC)
Comments
1689 18 Aug N of Brasilia 180350 - 181027
1690 21 Aug E of Brasilia 185540 - 190952, 191108 - 193113 IBAMA prescribed burn. Nice lidar depictions of plume.
1691 23 Aug NW of Brasilia 142953 - 150532 Transit flight (lidar operated for portion of flight)
1692 24 Aug N of Cuiaba 185911 - 190830 Lidar profile down length of a plume, and a couple of sections across plume
1693 25 Aug NW of Cuiaba 181500 - 184548 Diffuse smoke layer with some structure
1694 27 Aug N of Cuiaba, W of Cuiaba 180714 - 181438, 200655 - 201648 Some smoke layers
1695 28 Aug NE of Cuiaba 173320 - 180055, 184630 - 194329
1696 30 Aug SW of Cuiaba 133522 - 151837 Homogeneous smoke and haze layer with a few clouds
1697 1 Sep SW of Cuiaba 130427 - 134044 Very thin layer just below aircraft, and then a homogeneous haze layer to the ground
1698 4 Sep NW of Cuiaba 150843 - 163242 Transit flight (lidar operated for portion of flight)
1699 4 Sep SE of Porto Velho 182207 - 191246 Transit flight (lidar operated for portion of flight)
1700 5 Sep SE of Porto Velho 192129 - 195817
1701 6 Sep NE of Porto Velho 132803 - 134833, 142026 - 145958 Thin smoke layer below aircraft; below that a haze layer, clear below that.
1704 11 Sep SE of Porto Velho 140503 - 144938 Some haze and cloud, with clear air below cloud
1707 14 Sep NE of Porto Velho 125010 - 132210 Transit flight (lidar operated for portion of flight)
1708 14 Sep E of Manaus 174357 - 175646 Transit flight (lidar operated for portion of flight)
1709 14 Sep NW of Maraba 202900 - 215519, 221422 - 222343 Transit flight (lidar operated for portion of flight)
1711 16 Sep NE of Maraba 201605 - 203100 Lidar profile along length of plume
1712 17 Sep E of Maraba 135622 - 135934, 142053 - 143428 Haze/smoke layers
1713 17 Sep ENE of Maraba 202653 - 204837 Smoke layer and some cloud

Notes


Doug Burks
Last changed: 23 Apr 1996