ACE Arctic Validation Campaign
Instrument Status Summary

Current Status: March 10th


DIAL LIDAR: Finished for the season.

DA8 FTS: 19 solar measurements alternating with Bruker.

Bruker FTS: 20 solar measurements alternating with DA8.

PARIS FTS: 59 solar measurements, simultaneously with DA8 and Bruker.

PEARL UT-GBS: Direct sun measurements 9:30am-1:15pm, normal zenith sky measurements outside of this time.

UT-GBS: Normal operation.

SAOZ: Normal operation.

MAESTRO & SPS: SPS had a mechanism freeze up overnight, stopping light entering the instrument. The mechanism was disabled, allowing operation to resume. MAESTRO had some communications problems through the day for unknown reasons (perhaps a bad connection), but hopefully these are now resolved.

Brewer Spectrophotometer: Normal operation.

Ozonesonde: Raven balloon launched, burst at 6.1 hPa (33312 m)