Articles | Volume 16, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3715-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-3715-2023
Research article
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10 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 10 Aug 2023

Using optimal estimation to retrieve winds from velocity-azimuth display (VAD) scans by a Doppler lidar

Sunil Baidar, Timothy J. Wagner, David D. Turner, and W. Alan Brewer

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This paper provides a new method to retrieve wind profiles from coherent Doppler lidar (CDL) measurements. It takes advantage of layer-to-layer correlation in wind profiles to provide continuous profiles of up to 3 km by filling in the gaps where the CDL signal is too small to retrieve reliable results by itself. Comparison with the current method and collocated radiosonde wind measurements showed excellent agreement with no degradation in results where the current method gives valid results.
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