{"id":11,"date":"2021-11-15T22:06:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T04:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc-new\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2021-12-07T22:15:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T04:15:38","slug":"instruments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The SPARC & SPARClet are outfitted with a uniquely capable suite of instruments<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The AERI is a ground-based instrument that measures the downwelling infrared radiance (radiant energy) from the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.\u00a0 The observations have broad spectral content, and sufficient spectral resolution to discriminate among gaseous emitters (e.g. carbon dioxide, water vapor) and suspended matter (e.g. aerosols, water droplets, ice crystals).\u00a0 These uplooking surface observations can be used to obtain vertical profiles of tropospheric temperature and water vapor, as well as measurements of trace gases (e.g. ozone, carbon monoxide, methane) and downwelling infrared spectral signatures of clouds and aerosols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) in the SPARC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The HSRL measures absolutely calibrated vertically resolved backscatter and extinction cross-sections.  These observations provide detailed cloud and aerosol profiles with sensitivity to the entire atmospheric column, including cirrus and stratospheric aerosols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) in the SPARClet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Doppler Lidar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Halo Photonics Stream Line XR Dopper Lidar is deployed outside of the SPARC and measures wind speed and direction profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doppler Lidar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Radiosondes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SPARC supports Vaisala RS-41 radiosonde launches for in situ atmospheric profiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Radiosonde launch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Surface Met<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Surface meteorology station measures air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Surface Met sensors outside the SPARC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The SPARC & SPARClet are outfitted with a uniquely capable suite of instruments Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) The AERI is a ground-based instrument that measures the downwelling infrared radiance (radiant energy) from the Earth\u2019s atmosphere.\u00a0 The observations have broad spectral content, and sufficient spectral resolution to discriminate among gaseous emitters (e.g. carbon dioxide, water […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/sparc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}