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Thundercloud structures detected and analyzed based on coherent Doppler wind lidar
Kenan Wu
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Tianwen Wei
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Jinlong Yuan
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei 230026, China
Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation Key Laboratory, NUIST, CMA, Beijing 100081, China
Xin Huang
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Gaopeng Lu
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Yunpeng Zhang
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Feifan Liu
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Baoyou Zhu
School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Weidong Ding
Anhui Meteorological Observatory, Hefei 230031, China
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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.
A compact all-fiber coherent Doppler wind lidar (CDWL) working at the 1.5 µm wavelength is...
