Airborne wind profiling algorithms for the pulsed 2-micron coherent doppler Lidar at NASA Langley Research Center

Jeffrey Y. Beyon; Grady J. Koch; Michael J. Kavaya; Taylor J. Ray

doi:10.1117/12.2015952

20 May 2013 Airborne wind profiling algorithms for the pulsed 2-micron coherent doppler Lidar at NASA Langley Research Center

Jeffrey Y. Beyon, Grady J. Koch, Michael J. Kavaya, Taylor J. Ray

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Proceedings Volume 8731, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XVIII; 87310K (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015952
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Two versions of airborne wind profiling algorithms for the pulsed 2-micron coherent Doppler lidar system at NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia are presented. Each algorithm utilizes different number of line-of-sight (LOS) lidar returns while compensating the adverse effects of different coordinate systems between the aircraft and the Earth. One of the two algorithms APOLO (Airborne Wind Profiling Algorithm for Doppler Wind Lidar) estimates wind products using two LOSs. The other algorithm utilizes five LOSs. The airborne lidar data were acquired during the NASA’s Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) campaign in 2010. The wind profile products from the two algorithms are compared with the dropsonde data to validate their results.

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Jeffrey Y. Beyon, Grady J. Koch, Michael J. Kavaya, and Taylor J. Ray "Airborne wind profiling algorithms for the pulsed 2-micron coherent doppler Lidar at NASA Langley Research Center", Proc. SPIE 8731, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XVIII, 87310K (20 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2015952

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