The NOAA/WPL Pulsed Coherent Doppler Lidar is a ground-based lidar system developed by the NOAA Wave Propagation Laboratory (WPL). It measures radial velocity as a function of range using light-scattering particles in the air as tracers to derive wind profiles and momentum fluxes. It operates at a wavelength of 10.59 μm and has a pulse repetition rate from 1 to 20 Hz. It provides velocity azimuth display (VAD) scans, range height indication (RHI), and volume or roster scans at a range resolution of 150 meters.
Instrument Details
- Lidar
- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind ProfilesEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Lidar > Lidar BackscatterEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > LidarEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles > Wind Velocity/speed ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles > Wind Direction ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Dynamics > Turbulence
- Full Column Profile
- Variable
- 150 m
- 28.3 THz
- Currently unavailble
Tzvi Gal-Chen, Wynn Eberhard
Tzvi Gal-Chen, Wynn Eberhard
NOAA
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 Campaign Permanent Land Sites Stationary 55 Campaigns · 77 Instruments |  SUbsonic aircraft: Contrail & Clouds Effects Special Study 1996 Central and Western United States 1 Deployment · 1 Data Product
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