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plotted reflectivity data collected by the LiDAR Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE)

LASE

Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment
The Lidar Atmospheric Sensing Experiment (LASE) is an airborne lidar system that uses the differential absorption lidar technique to provide profile measurements of water vapor and aerosols in the atmosphere.
11 datasets
LIS instrument data

LIS

Lightning Imaging Sensor
LIS is a space-based instrument used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning (cloud-to-cloud, intra-cloud, and cloud-to-ground).
31 datasets
lidar data of vertical structure of cloud and aerosol from the Earth's surface through the middle stratosphere

LITE

Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE)
Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) was used to study clouds, tropospheric and stratospheric aerosols, characteristics of the planetary boundary layer, stratospheric density and temperature perturbations, and to some degree, surface topography.
lightning data

LMA

Lightning Mapping Array
A Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) is a network of antennas, GPS receivers, and processing systems that detect total lightning.
12 datasets
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