Vol. 13, issue 08, article # 5

Banakh V. A., Werner Ch., Smalikho I. N. The effect of aerosol microstructure on the error in estimating wind velocity with a Doppler lidar. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 2000. V. 13. No. 08. P. 685-691.    PDF
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Abstract:

The paper describes the investigation into the use of the effect of aerosol microstructure on the error in estimating wind velocity using a cw CO2-laser Doppler lidar. It has been shown, based on the numerical simulation of a lidar return, that aerosol particles make essentially different contributions, due to different sizes, to a measured lidar return that may cause the deviation of the lidar return statistics from the Gaussian one thus resulting in the increase of the error in lidar estimation of wind velocity, especially at small volumes sounded with the lidar. With the increase of the efficient volume sounded the error in estimation of the wind velocity decreases.