Dear Friends and Colleagues, Happy New Year 2014!!! This is the first time that I’m sending new year greetings from the lidar observatory while running the lidar for data! I hope that the special greetings bring you an exciting, prosperous, and energetic year 2014! My flight out of Denver was delayed for a day but… Read More


Dear Friends and Colleagues, The lidar legend in Antarctica will be continued by our outstanding students from CU-Boulder! This great news makes my flight back home today a pleasant journey! Since the start of the McMurdo lidar campaign in late 2010, many students and researchers have participated and made great contributions. Our lidar observations at… Read More


Dear Friends and Colleagues, Happy New Year 2013!!! In my 7th trip to the Antarctic, I got a VIP treatment — we flew in with an Airbus aircraft and landed in the McMurdo Pegasus airport in the early morning on December 23rd, 2012. Although my flight to the ice from Christchurch, New Zealand was delayed… Read More