Continuing signal degradation

Despite recent efforts (970310-970314) by the instrument mentor, signal 
degradation of the MPL has continued.  The degradation has continued to the 
point that the effective range of the MPL is nearing 10 km.  The instrument mentor and PI 
have 
concluded that an overhaul of the instrument by the vendor is in order.

• pulse_rep
• voltage_15
• base_time
• detector_temp
• shots_sum
• voltage_10
• laser_temp
• height
• filter_temp
• range_offset
• backscatter
• range_bin_time
• lon
• trigger_freq
• shots_summed
• energy_monitor
• background_signal
• deadtime_correction
• laser_scalar_sync_offset
• range_bin_width
• voltage_05
• laser_sync_offset
• lat
• scalar_sync_offset
• total_counts
• range_bins
• transceiver_azimuth_angle
• property
• alt
• transceiver_altitude_angle
• range
• time_offset
• time
• max_altitude
• preliminary_cbh
• instrument_temp

• Development raw data stream - documentation not supported

• lat
• cbh
• alt
• time_offset
• base_time
• lon