Overview of the first Multi-center Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor (MACAWS) experiment: Conversion of a ground-based lidar for airborne applications
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO (United States). Environmental Technology Lab.
- Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL (United States)
- Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (United States)
The first Multi-center Airborne Coherent Atmospheric Wind Sensor (MACAWS) field experiment demonstrated an airborne high energy TEA CO{sub 2} Doppler lidar system for measurement of atmospheric wind fields and aerosol structure. The system was deployed on the NASA DC-8 during September 1995 in a series of checkout flights to observe several important atmospheric phenomena, including upper level winds in a Pacific hurricane, marine boundary layer winds, cirrus cloud properties, and land-sea breeze structure. The instrument, with its capability to measure three-dimensional winds and backscatter fields, promises to be a valuable tool for climate and global change, severe weather, and air quality research. In this paper, the authors describe the airborne instrument, assess its performance, discuss future improvements, and show some preliminary results from September experiments.
- OSTI ID:
- 492291
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960848-; ISBN 0-8194-2221-5; TRN: IM9730%%170
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Denver `96: 1. conference on space processing of materials, at SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) annual international symposium on optical science, engineering, and instrumentation, Denver, CO (United States), 4-9 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Application of lidar to current atmospheric topics; Sedlacek, A.J. III [ed.] [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States). Dept. of Advanced Technology]; PB: 270 p.; SPIE proceedings series, Volume 2833
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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