Groundwinds 2000 field campaign: Demonstration of new Doppler lidar technology and wind lidar data intercomparison

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4893, Issue , 2003, Pages 327-336

  Yoe, James G ^a   Rama Varma Raja, M K ^b   Hardesty, R Michael ^c   Brewer, W Alan ^c   Moore, Berrien ^d   Ryan, James ^d   Hays, Paul ^e   Nardell, Carl ^e   Gentry, Bruce ^f   Day, Michelle ^g   Rancourt, Kenneth ^g  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e Michigan Aerospace Corporation   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Direct detection; Doppler lidar; Heterodyne detection; Wind profiles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; DOPPLER RADAR; HETERODYNING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; METEOROLOGY; RADIOSONDES; WIND; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DETECTION; WAVE FILTERS;

DIRECT DETECTION; WIND SPEED; FRINGE-IMAGING DIRECT DETECTION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0042730355     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.466669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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