REMOTE-SENSING OF MULTILEVEL WIND FIELDS WITH HIGH-ENERGY AIRBORNE SCANNING COHERENT DOPPLER LIDAR

Authors
ROTHERMEL J OLIVIER LD BANTA RM HARDESTY RM HOWELL JN CUTTEN DR JOHNSON SC MENZIES RT TRATT DM
Citation
J. Rothermel et al., REMOTE-SENSING OF MULTILEVEL WIND FIELDS WITH HIGH-ENERGY AIRBORNE SCANNING COHERENT DOPPLER LIDAR, OPTICS EXPRESS, 2(2), 1998, pp. 40-50
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
OPTICS EXPRESS → ACNP
ISSN journal
10944087
Volume
2
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
40 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
1094-4087(1998)2:2<40:ROMWFW>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The atmospheric lidar remote sensing groups of NOAA Environmental Tech nology Laboratory, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and Jet Propulsi on Laboratory have developed and flown a scanning, 1 Joule per pulse, CO2 coherent Doppler lidar capable of mapping a three-dimensional volu me of atmospheric winds and aerosol backscatter in the planetary bound ary layer, free troposphere, and lower stratosphere. Applications incl ude the study of severe and non-severe atmospheric flows, intercompari sons with other sensors, and the simulation of prospective satellite D oppler lidar wind profilers. Examples of wind measurements are given f or the marine boundary layer and near the coastline of the western Uni ted States. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.