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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-247-2017
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-247-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
23 Jan 2017
Research article |
| 23 Jan 2017
Evaluation of single and multiple Doppler lidar techniques to measure complex flow during the XPIA field campaign
Aditya Choukulkar
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
W. Alan Brewer
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Scott P. Sandberg
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Ann Weickmann
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Timothy A. Bonin
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
R. Michael Hardesty
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Julie K. Lundquist
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA
Ruben Delgado
Atmospheric Physics Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD, USA
G. Valerio Iungo
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Ryan Ashton
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Mithu Debnath
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Laura Bianco
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
Physical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
James M. Wilczak
Physical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Steven Oncley
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Daniel Wolfe
Physical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Data sets
XPIA J. K. Lundquist, J. M. Wilczak, R. Ashton, L. Bianco, W. A. Brewer, A. Choukulkar, A. Clifton, M. Debnath, R. Delgado, K. Friedrich, S. Gunter, A. Hamidi, G. V. Iungo, A. Kaushik, B. Kosović, P. Langan, A. Lass, E. Lavin, J. C.-Y. Lee, K. L. McCaffrey, R. K. Newsom, D. C. Noone, S. P. Oncley, P. T. Quelet, S. P. Sandberg, J. L. Schroeder, W. J. Shaw, L. Sparling, C. St. Martin, A. St. Pe, E. Strobach, K. Tay, B. J. Vanderwende, A. Weickmann, D. Wolfe, and R. Worsnop https://a2e.pnnl.gov/data
Short summary
This paper discusses trade-offs among various wind measurement strategies using scanning Doppler lidars. It is found that the trade-off exists between being able to make highly precise point measurements versus covering large spatial extents. The highest measurement precision is achieved when multiple lidar systems make wind measurements at one point in space, while highest spatial coverage is achieved through using single lidar scanning measurements and using complex retrieval techniques.
This paper discusses trade-offs among various wind measurement strategies using scanning Doppler...
