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Consortium Potential Expansion Polar
latitude lidars sites
1) ALOMAR, Andoya, Norway (69°N, 16°E), Colorado Research
Associates and Colorado State University with Institute of Atmospheric
Physics and Andoya Rocket Range: Narrowband resonance temperature/wind
lidar (Na Doppler technique)
2) Sondrestrom Upper Atmospheric Research Facility, Kangerlussuaq,
Greenland (67°N, 51°W), SRI International: Broadband Rayleigh
lidar, Broadband resonance lidar
3) Poker Flat Research Range, Chatanika, Alaska (65°N, 147°W),
University of Alaska: Broadband resonance lidar, Broadband Rayleigh
lidar (with Communications Research Laboratory)
Middle latitudes lidars sites
1) Fort Collins, Colorado (41°N, 105°W), Colorado State
University: Narrowband resonance temperature/wind lidar (Na Doppler
technique)
2) Logan, Utah (42°N, 112°W), Utah State University (USU):
Broadband Rayleigh lidar
Tropical lidars sites
1) Maui, Hawaii (21°N, 156°W), University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign with Maui Space Surveillance Complex: Narrowband
resonance temperature/wind lidar (Na Doppler technique)
2) Arecibo, Puerto Rico (18°N, 67°W), National Astronomy
and Ionosphere Center: Broadband resonance lidar, Narrowband resonance
lidar (K Doppler technique)
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