3 March 2010

A cold but sunny day

Today was particularly cold, hitting lows around -52 with the wind chill. Despite a blizzard occuring in the nearby settlements of Resolute Bay and Cambridge Bay, it was relatively sunny throughout the day, making for a good day of measurements.

At 0PAL, Zen finished preparing the MR, Agilent, and Stirling Cooler for transport back to the E-AERI's manufacturer on tomorrow's flight. Emily worked on installing the new temperature module for the CANDAC RMR LIDAR after tests showed the polarotor was working successfully.

At PEARL, Felicia took 46 measurements of the Mid-IR using PARIS. Rodica took 34 measurements of the mid-IR and 14 of the near-IR using the Bruker after aligning the detector using a tungsten light source. Cristen worked on new lamp tests with Paul for the PEARL-GBS, which may help improve the focus and resolution of the instrument.

Zen

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