Articles | Volume 13, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3609-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3609-2020
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

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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.