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AWP
Aerosol Wind Profiler

The Aerosol Wind Profiler (AWP) is an airborne Doppler lidar system developed at Langley Research Center. It measures lidar backscatter to retrieve vertical profiles of wind and aerosols. AWP operates at 2052.92 nm and has a pulse repetition rate of 200 Hz. It provides vertical profiles with a resolution of less than 100 meters, spaced 2 km apart.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Lidar
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles > Wind Velocity/speed Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles > Wind Direction Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Lidar > Lidar Backscatter
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols > Aerosol Backscatter
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Aerosols
Full Column Profile
N/A
<100 m
146 THz
Currently unavailable

  • Kristopher Bedka

  • Kristopher Bedka

  • LaRC

  • ESTO

  • Currently unavailable

    • Unpublished

Instrument Operation

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WHyMSIE

Westcoast & Heartland Hyperspectral Microwave Sensor Intensive Experiment

2024
Western United States, Great Plains, Pacific Ocean
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1 Deployment
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