Lidar measurement of wind shear and turbulence and comparison with a predictive fine-mesh mesoscale model

Stephen M. Hannon; Terry L. Clark

doi:10.1117/12.241062

27 May 1996 Lidar measurement of wind shear and turbulence and comparison with a predictive fine-mesh mesoscale model

Stephen M. Hannon, Terry L. Clark

Proceedings Volume 2737, Air Traffic Control Technologies II; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241062
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Solid-state coherent Doppler lidar systems are rapidly emerging as useful tools for boundary layer wind profiling. These Doppler lidars provide sufficient temporal,s spatial and velocity resolution to serve as an adjunct sensor, providing both real-time hazard detection as well as large-area wind state data for input to predictive models. THis paper briefly reviews recent results produced with a mobile flashlamp-pumped 2.09 microns coherent lidar sensor for windshear detection and measurement and wind turbulence estimation at the site of the new Hong Kong airport. Wind state predictions based on a fine-mesh mesoscale model are compared with the lidar results.

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Stephen M. Hannon and Terry L. Clark "Lidar measurement of wind shear and turbulence and comparison with a predictive fine-mesh mesoscale model", Proc. SPIE 2737, Air Traffic Control Technologies II, (27 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.241062

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