Time–height variation of winds and turbulence during typical tropical pre-monsoon thunderstorm events observed from high-resolution Doppler wind lidar measurements
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-020-04038-0
Abstract: High spatiotemporal resolution measurements of horizontal and vertical winds made using a Doppler wind lidar during development and mature stages of few typical tropical thunderstorm events in 2014 over a continental Indian station are used… read more here.
Keywords: resolution; time height; time; doppler wind ... See more keywords
Simulation of Frequency Discrimination and Retrieval of Wind Speed for the Bistatic Doppler Wind Lidar
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.10.122
Abstract: Abstract This paper researches the bistatic Doppler wind lidar, which can detect wind field precisely. Firstly, to meet the need of precisely detecting, non-line-of-sight single-scatter propagation model is creatively adopted for volume scattering, which is… read more here.
Keywords: speed; wind lidar; doppler; wind ... See more keywords
A Time-Division Multifrequency Wind Lidar With High Spatial Resolution and Extended Detection Range
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DOI: 10.1109/lgrs.2023.3235412
Abstract: Limited by the achievable pulse peak power, narrowing the transmitted pulsewidth to improve the spatial resolution would reduce the output power of wind Lidar, thereby decreasing the detection range. To solve this dilemma, a time-division… read more here.
Keywords: wind lidar; spatial resolution; resolution; detection range ... See more keywords
Evaluation of Doppler wind lidar for advanced air mobility
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DOI: 10.1117/1.jrs.19.014509
Abstract: Abstract. Understanding wind conditions is critical for the NASA Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) mission. The types of aircraft, and the region of the atmosphere they operate in, make them highly susceptible to wind effects. We… read more here.
Keywords: wind lidar; doppler; advanced air; doppler wind ... See more keywords
Vientos - A new satellite mission concept for 3D wind measurements by combining passive water vapor sounders with Doppler wind lidar
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DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-22-0283.1
Abstract: It is challenging to accurately characterize the three-dimensional distribution of horizontal wind vectors (known as 3D winds). Feature-matching satellite cloud top or water vapor fields have been used for decades to retrieve atmospheric motion vectors,… read more here.
Keywords: water vapor; water; concept; mission ... See more keywords
The Optical Autocovariance Wind Lidar. Part I: OAWL Instrument Development and Demonstration
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DOI: 10.1175/jtech-d-18-0024.1
Abstract: AbstractWe present the motivation, instrument concept, hardware descriptions, and initial validation testing for a Doppler wind lidar (DWL) system that uses optical autocovariance (OA) in a field-w... read more here.
Keywords: instrument; autocovariance wind; wind lidar; optical autocovariance ... See more keywords
Bistatic Doppler wind lidar study for wind field measurement over complex terrain.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.449614
Abstract: Atmospheric wind measurement over complex terrain is of great significance. Due to the limitation of the retrieval method, a single wind lidar cannot be applied to detect the horizontally inhomogeneous wind field. Therefore, a bistatic… read more here.
Keywords: wind field; wind; complex terrain; lidar ... See more keywords
355-nm direct-detection Doppler wind lidar for vertical atmospheric motion measurement.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.460219
Abstract: A compact and simple 355-nm direct-detection Doppler wind lidar (DDDWL) was developed to measure the line-of-sight (LOS) wind speed of the background atmosphere from atmospheric molecule return signals with and without aerosols and clouds. A… read more here.
Keywords: los wind; doppler wind; wind lidar; 355 direct ... See more keywords
Theoretical performance of a 1.5-µm satellite-borne coherent Doppler wind lidar using a planar waveguide optical amplifier with a demonstrated figure of merit: simulation of signal detection probability, measurement precision, and bias.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.513890
Abstract: We report performance of a satellite-borne coherent Doppler wind lidar (SCDWL), which equips a planer waveguide amplifier (PWA) operating in a wavelength of 1.5 µm. The performance is defined by detection probability, measurement precision, and… read more here.
Keywords: wind lidar; performance; simulation; doppler wind ... See more keywords
Windspeed determination from a near-field, UV, direct-detection Doppler wind lidar based on Michelson interferometer fringe imaging.
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DOI: 10.1364/ao.546163
Abstract: The determination of the wind speed from direct-detection Doppler wind lidar (DD-DWL) instruments is a crucial part within their development and operation. The previously developed AeroLi system [Appl. Opt.55, 6910 (2016)APOPAI0003-693510.1364/AO.55.006910; Remote Sens.14, 3356 (2022)RSEND32072-429210.3390/rs14143356]… read more here.
Keywords: wind lidar; fringe imaging; fringe; direct detection ... See more keywords
Sodium temperature/wind lidar based on laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers deployed at Tromsø, Norway (69.6°N, 19.2°E).
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DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.00a491
Abstract: An Nd:YAG laser-based sodium temperature/wind lidar was developed for the measurement of the northern polar mesosphere and lower thermosphere at Tromsø (69.6N, 19.2E), Norway. Coherent light at 589 nm is produced by sum frequency generation… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; yag lasers; sodium temperature; troms norway ... See more keywords