Directional wind-measurement derived from elastic backscatter lidar data in real-time

Conference · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:212490

Moore, D S; White, S W; Karl, Jr, R R; Newnam, B E

The development of a capability to infer wind velocities simultaneously at a number of ranges along one direction in real time is described. The elastic backscatter lidar data used was obtained using the XM94 lidar, developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory for the US Army Chemical and Biological Detection Command. In some respects this problem is simpler than measuring wind velocities on meso-meteorological scales. Other requirements, particularly high temporal fidelity, have driven the development of faster software algorithms and suggested opportunities for the evolution of the hardware.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 212490
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-96-834; CONF-9604105-2; ON: DE96008133; TRN: AHC29608%%35
• Resource Relation: Conference: 10. SPIE`s international symposium on aerospace/defense sensing and controls, Orlando, FL (United States), 8-12 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
WIND
VELOCITY
RADAR
PERFORMANCE
AEROSOL MONITORING
REAL TIME SYSTEMS
METEOROLOGY
DATA
ALGORITHMS