DQRID : D130724.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/09/2013000007/04/20132300
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Subject:
TWP/MPL/C1 - Instrument problem
DataStreams:twpmplpolfsC1.b1
Description:
Energy monitor variable was below valid min and flatlined at 0.480.  Data were just 
background noise and no cloud returns.

Transmit was off.  Do not use data.
Suggestions: 
Measurements:twpmplpolfsC1.b1:
  • Polarization control voltage setting(polarization_control_voltage)
  • Distance to the center of the corresponding range bin(range)
  • Overlap correction(overlap_correction)
  • Distance from leading edge of first range bin to the center of each bin .(range_bins)
  • Telescope temperature(scope_temp)
  • Background signal, co-pol(background_signal_co_pol)
  • Height(height)
  • Maximum altitude retrieved from multichannel scalar card.(max_altitude)
  • Repetition Rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(pulse_rep)
  • Preliminary cloud base height above ground level(preliminary_cbh)
  • Polarization control enabled flag(polarization_control)
  • Width of range-bins calculated from range_bin_time(range_bin_width)
  • Heights for overlap correction(overlap_correction_heights)
  • Laboratory measured counts used to calculate the deadtime correction samples(deadtime_correction_counts)
  • MCS mode register, value is either 167 or 199.(mcs_mode)
  • Number of detector channels(num_channels)
  • Subtract from range_bins to yield range(range_offset)
  • Bin number of first data. Tells where pretrigger timing ends and end of region
    for background data sampling laser_fire_bin(first_data_bin)
  • Background signal, cross pol data(background_signal_cross_pol)
  • Time in nanoseconds for each range bin of multichannel scalar card.(range_bin_time)
  • Deadtime correction factor(deadtime_correction)
  • Laser output energy per pulse(energy_monitor)
  • Number of bins stored in data block(num_bins)
  • Background signal standard deviation, copol data(background_signal_std_co_pol)
  • Attenuated backscatter, cross pol(signal_return_cross_pol)
  • Attenuated backscatter, co-pol(signal_return_co_pol)
  • Background signal standard deviation, cross-pol(background_signal_std_cross_pol)
  • Laser Temperature(laser_temp)
  • Dead time correction flag(dead_time_corrected)
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