The Purple Crow Lidar is a powerful lidar (laser radar) that emits pulses of intensely bright light.[1] The bright light scatters off air molecules, and the reflections are collected by a large telescope.[2]
Telescope
editThe telescope is formed by rotating liquid mercury at 10 r.p.m. in a 2.65-m diameter container. This liquid mirror technology has been made and developed at Université Laval in Québec City. Such rotating measurement allow air density, pressure, temperature, and composition to be measured. Which can be useful to collect data for global warming and weather prediction.[2]
Weather prediction
editThis chart is used to determine and predict the weather at Purple Crow Lidar Facility in London Ontario for astronomical observing.[3]
Location
editThe Purple Crow operates from the Echo Base Observatory located at Western's Environmental Science Field Station located near London, Ontario, Canada.[2]
People in charge
editThe Purple Crow Lidar research project is headed by Professor Robert J. Sica in the Physics Department at UWO London Ontario.[4] Its main support comes from the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). [5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Wing, Robin; Martic, Milena; Hauchecorne, Alain; Porteneuve, Jacques; Keckhut, Philippe; Courcoux, Yann; Yung, Laurent; Retailleau, Patrick; Cocuron, Dorothee (2020). "Atmospheric Density and Temperature Vertical Profile Retrieval for Flight-Tests with a Rayleigh Lidar On-Board the French Advanced Test Range Ship Monge". Atmosphere. 11 (1): 75. Bibcode:2020Atmos..11...75W. doi:10.3390/atmos11010075.
- ^ a b c "Purple Crow Lidar at The University of Western Ontario". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Clear Sky Chart by Purple Crow Lidar Facility". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "The Department of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Western Ontario". Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada". Retrieved 28 January 2015.