MPD Measurements and products

MicroPulse DIAL Standard Products

Range resolved

Temporal Resolution

(profiling range)

Technique

References

Water Vapor (Absolute Humidity) 

5-10 min 

(250 m to 4 km)

DIAL

Spuler et al. 2015 

Spuler et al. 2021

Temperature 

30-45 min 

(350 m to 4 km)

DIAL

Stillwell et al. 2020

Hayman et al. 2024

Quantitative Aerosol /Cloud Properties 

1 min 

(50 m to 10 km)

HSRL

Hayman and Spuler 2017

MicroPulse DIAL Advanced retrievals: Water Vapor, Temperature, Aerosol Backscatter Coefficient, Relative Humidity,  Virtual  Potential Temperature (VPT) Surface Difference

Advanced MicroPulse DIAL data example March 2025

Example of advanced MicroPulse DIAL data products