Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 23
Articles | Volume 16, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5811-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5811-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 23
Research article
 | 
05 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 05 Dec 2023

Thundercloud structures detected and analyzed based on coherent Doppler wind lidar

Kenan Wu, Tianwen Wei, Jinlong Yuan, Haiyun Xia, Xin Huang, Gaopeng Lu, Yunpeng Zhang, Feifan Liu, Baoyou Zhu, and Weidong Ding

Data sets

A thundercloud lidar results during the experiment Kenan Wu https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20326350.v2

A thundercloud rader results during the experiment Kenan Wu https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20326377.v1

Lightning data detected by lightning location array Kenan Wu https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20588385.v4

raindrop spectrometer data Kenan Wu https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22256617.v1

raw data and Converted data video of CDWL during this experiment Kenan Wu https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21590433.v3

ERA5.1: Rerun of the Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate (2000--2006 only) A. Simmons, C. Soci, J. Nicolas, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, R. Dragani, J. Flemming, L. Haimberger, S. Healy, H. Hersbach, A. Horányi, A. Inness, J. Munoz-Sabater, R. Radu, and D. Schepers https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.143582cf

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Short summary
A compact all-fiber coherent Doppler wind lidar (CDWL) working at the 1.5 µm wavelength is applied to probe the dynamics and microphysics structure of thunderstorms. It was found that thunderclouds below the 0 ℃ isotherm have significant spectrum broadening and an increase in skewness, and that lightning affects the microphysics structure of the thundercloud. It is proven that the precise spectrum of CDWL is a promising indicator for studying the charge structure of thunderstorms.
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