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Articles | Volume 10, issue 8
Articles | Volume 10, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3021-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3021-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 8
Research article
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23 Aug 2017
Research article |  | 23 Aug 2017

Evaluation of turbulence measurement techniques from a single Doppler lidar

Timothy A. Bonin, Aditya Choukulkar, W. Alan Brewer, Scott P. Sandberg, Ann M. Weickmann, Yelena L. Pichugina, Robert M. Banta, Steven P. Oncley, and Daniel E. Wolfe

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Three different techniques for measuring turbulent quantities from a single Doppler lidar are evaluated against in situ observations for verification. A six-beam method generally produced the most accurate measurements of the turbulence quantities evaluated. Generally, turbulence kinetic energy can be accurately measured across all scales from a Doppler lidar. Individual velocity variances are measured less accurately, and velocity covariances are shown to be difficult to measure.
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