Three-dimensional wind profiles using a stabilized shipborne cloud radar in wind profiler mode

Protat, Alain; McRobert, Ian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3609-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3609-2020

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3609-2020

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

Research article

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07 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 07 Jul 2020

Three-dimensional wind profiles using a stabilized shipborne cloud radar in wind profiler mode

Alain Protat and Ian McRobert

Data sets

Marine National Facility; CSIRO (2020): RV Investigator IN2019_V06 BASTA radar and Radiosonde data. v2 A. Protat and I. McRobert https://doi.org/10.25919/5ef5a70ae2be9

Short summary

Three-dimensional (3D) wind motions play a major role in driving the life cycle of clouds. In this pilot study we have developed a technique to measure the 3D winds in clouds, using a shipborne Doppler cloud radar on a stabilized platform. The stabilized platform is driven to point in a series of predefined directions to collect the required measurements. Comparisons with radiosondes demonstrate that accurate 1 min resolution 3D wind motions can be obtained from this instrumental setup.