Vol. 4, issue 10, article # 17

Gordienko V. M., Kurochkin N. N., Priezzhev A. V., Putivskii Yu. Ya. Wind velocity measurements with a Doppler lidar based on the use of a single frequency TEA CO2 laser. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1991. V. 4. No. 10. P. 775-778.    PDF
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Abstract:

A Doppler lidar (DL) based on the use of a single frequency TEA CO2 laser is described. Typical results of simultaneous measurements of the wind velocity vector with the help of the Doppler lidar and standard meteorological instrumentations mounted on a high meteorological mast. The experimental DL setup makes it possible to reliably determine the wind velocity under standard atmospheric conditions with the accuracy of 2–3 m/s at distances longer than 2 km, and with an additional adaptive amplifier – at distances up to 10 km.