Vol. 4, issue 10, article # 11

Belan B. D., Matvienko G. G., Grishin A. I., Kovalevskii V. K., Meleshkin V. E. Intercomparison of laser radar and radiosonde techniques of measuring wind velocity vector. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1991. V. 4. No. 10. P. 746-749.    PDF
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Abstract:

Results of simultaneous measurements of velocity and direction of wind in the lower atmosphere obtained with a three–path lidar and the "Meteor–RKZ" aerologic system are compared. The lidar employs a temporal spectral correlation technique for measurements of wind velocity by tracking aerosol fields moving across three sensing paths.
The comparison has demonstrated a satisfactory agreement between the results obtained using the two techniques. The values of standard deviations between the data on wind velocity and its direction observed in the experiment were 2.4 m/s and 32°, respectively. Some measures to be undertaken for improving the lidar performance are recommended.