The doppler aerosol wind (DAWN) airborne, wind-profiling coherent-detection lidar system: Overview and preliminary flight results

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 826-842

  Kavaya, Michael J ^a   Beyon, Jeffrey Y ^a   Koch, Grady J ^a   Petros, Mulugeta ^a   Petzar, Paul J ^a   Singh, Upendra N ^a   Trieu, Bo C ^a   Yu, Jirong ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; LASER MIRRORS; LASER PULSES;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; COHERENT DETECTION; COHERENT LIDAR; FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; LASER-PULSE ENERGY; LIDAR SYSTEMS; SECONDARY MIRROR; WIND MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL RADAR;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; DETECTION METHOD; DOPPLER LIDAR; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84898845933     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00274.1     Document Type: Article

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