Maui-MALT

Maui-MALT is a consortium of scientific investigations studying the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere at the USAF AMOS facility on Haleakala in Maui, Hawaii. The infrastructure currently includes a Na wind/temperature lidar using the 3.7 m telescope (U of I), remote sensing instrumentation including an OH and O2 band temperature mapper (USU), an OH Broad Band imager and a OH/O2 band zenith photometer (U of I), multi-channel airglow imager and an 630 nm ‘spread F’ imager (Cornell), an IR OH, narrow band imager (Aerospace), and a meteor radar (U of I).

Related correlative information from nearby islands includes an MF radar on Kauai (CoRa), a Rayleigh lidar on Kauai (Aerospace), aeronomy studies from Keck telescope on Mauna Kea (SRI), and related middle atmosphere experiments being conducted on Maua Loa. This infrastracture provides a basis for the study of equatorial dynamics (including small scale waves) and chemistry in the MLT.

Na Lidar Observation

Meteor Radar Data

Maui-MALT Enterprise

Maui-MALT Enterprise Plan

Hawaii Sites Visit Report