Complementarity of wind measurements from co-located X-band weather radar and Doppler lidar

Ritvanen, Jenna; O'Connor, Ewan; Moisseev, Dmitri; Lehtinen, Raisa; Tyynelä, Jani; Thobois, Ludovic

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6507-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6507-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6507-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 21

Research article

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11 Nov 2022

Research article |

| 11 Nov 2022

Complementarity of wind measurements from co-located X-band weather radar and Doppler lidar

Jenna Ritvanen, Ewan O'Connor, Dmitri Moisseev, Raisa Lehtinen, Jani Tyynelä, and Ludovic Thobois

Data sets

Data for Ritvanen et al. (2022) "Complementarity of Wind Measurements from Co-located X-band Weather Radar and Doppler Lidar" Jenna Ritvanen, Ewan O'Connor, Dmitri Moisseev, Raisa Lehtinen, Jani Tyynelä, and Ludovic Thobois https://doi.org/10.23728/fmi- b2share.8353436be6e444dea496c0c01e6a3658

Model code and software

ritvje/lidar-xband-article-scripts: Article version Jenna Ritvanen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7234135

Short summary

Doppler lidars and weather radars provide accurate wind measurements, with Doppler lidar usually performing better in dry weather conditions and weather radar performing better when there is precipitation. Operating both instruments together should therefore improve the overall performance. We investigate how well a co-located Doppler lidar and X-band radar perform with respect to various weather conditions, including changes in horizontal visibility, cloud altitude, and precipitation.