Distributed observations of wind direction using microstructures attached to actively heated fiber-optic cables

Lapo, Karl; Freundorfer, Anita; Pfister, Lena; Schneider, Johann; Selker, John; Thomas, Christoph

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1563-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1563-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1563-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

Research article

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01 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 01 Apr 2020

Distributed observations of wind direction using microstructures attached to actively heated fiber-optic cables

Karl Lapo, Anita Freundorfer, Lena Pfister, Johann Schneider, John Selker, and Christoph Thomas

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Final revised paper (published on 01 Apr 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Karl Lapo, 03 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Response to RC2', Karl Lapo, 03 Feb 2020
SC1: 'Short comment', Bart Schilperoort, 14 Jan 2020
- AC3: 'Response to SC1', Karl Lapo, 03 Feb 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Karl Lapo on behalf of the Authors (11 Feb 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Feb 2020) by Murray Hamilton

AR by Karl Lapo on behalf of the Authors (28 Feb 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Most observations of the atmosphere are point observations, which only measure a small area around the sensor. This limitation creates problems for a number of disciplines, especially those that focus on how the surface and atmosphere exchange heat, mass, and momentum. We used distributed temperature sensing with fiber optics to demonstrate a key breakthrough in observing wind direction in a distributed way, i.e., not at a point, using small structures attached to the fiber-optic cables.