Articles | Volume 10, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1229-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1229-2017
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30 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 30 Mar 2017

Validating precision estimates in horizontal wind measurements from a Doppler lidar

Rob K. Newsom, W. Alan Brewer, James M. Wilczak, Daniel E. Wolfe, Steven P. Oncley, and Julie K. Lundquist

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Short summary
Doppler lidars are remote sensing instruments that use infrared light to measure wind velocity in the lowest 2 to 3 km of the atmosphere. Quantifying the uncertainty in these measurements is crucial for applications ranging from wind resource assessment to model data assimilation. In this study, we evaluate three methods for estimating the random uncertainty by comparing the lidar wind measurements with nearly collocated in situ wind measurements at multiple levels on a tall tower.