Measurement of wind profiles by motion-stabilised  ship-borne Doppler lidar

Achtert, P.; Brooks, I. M.; Brooks, B. J.; Moat, B. I.; Prytherch, J.; Persson, P. O. G.; Tjernström, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4993-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4993-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4993-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 11

Research article

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30 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 30 Nov 2015

Measurement of wind profiles by motion-stabilised ship-borne Doppler lidar

P. Achtert, I. M. Brooks, B. J. Brooks, B. I. Moat, J. Prytherch, P. O. G. Persson, and M. Tjernström

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RC C3005: 'Major revisions recommended', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Sep 2015
- AC C3684: 'Answer to referee comments', Peggy Achtert, 30 Oct 2015
RC C3281: 'Reviewer 2', Curtis Wood, 15 Oct 2015
- AC C3686: 'Answer to referee comments', Peggy Achtert, 30 Oct 2015
AC C3688: 'Revised manuscript with marked changes', Peggy Achtert, 30 Oct 2015

Short summary

Doppler lidar wind measurements were obtained during a 3-month Arctic cruise in summer 2014. Ship-motion effects were compensated by combining a commercial Doppler lidar with a custom-made motion-stabilisation platform. This enables the retrieval of wind profiles in the Arctic boundary layer with uncertainties comparable to land-based lidar measurements and standard radiosondes. The presented set-up has the potential to facilitate continuous ship-based wind profile measurements over the oceans.