Instrument specifications and performance prediction for 2005 high altitude (30 km) balloon demonstration of GroundWinds fringe imaging Doppler lidar

Michael Dehring; Carl Nardell; Paul Hays; Jane Pavlich; Berrien Moore III; Jinxue Wang

doi:10.1117/12.510756

12 January 2004 Instrument specifications and performance prediction for 2005 high altitude (30 km) balloon demonstration of GroundWinds fringe imaging Doppler lidar

Michael Dehring, Carl Nardell, Paul Hays, Jane Pavlich, Berrien Moore III, Jinxue Wang

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Proceedings Volume 5240, Laser Radar Technology for Remote Sensing; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.510756
Event: Remote Sensing, 2003, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

The GroundWinds direct detection Doppler wind LIDARs located in NH and HI are operational, ground based, multi-order fringe imaging systems capable of detecting Doppler shifts in both Aerosol and Molecular backscatter from 0.25 km to 18 km. The technology developed through these GroundWinds programs will be incorporated and flown on a high altitude (30km) balloon in 2005. The demonstration of GroundWinds Fabry-Perot based incoherent LIDAR technology from a high altitude, downward looking platform to measure winds throughout the entire troposphere and boundary layer will be a significant milestone toward the validation of this technology. Key questions will be answered about the phenomenology of direct detection LIDAR, especially its effectiveness in the optically thick boundary layer. The extensive characterization of the 532nm GroundWinds NH and 355nm GroundWinds HI LIDARs serve as excellent reference points from which performance estimates and technology requirements can be determined to ensure a successful balloon mission. This paper will describe the baseline BalloonWinds instrument specifications; including etalon specifications, system component transmissions, transmit/receive specifications, required laser power, and detector characteristics. This paper will also present performance estimates based on model simulations that employ the baseline system specifications.

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Michael Dehring, Carl Nardell, Paul Hays, Jane Pavlich, Berrien Moore III, and Jinxue Wang "Instrument specifications and performance prediction for 2005 high altitude (30 km) balloon demonstration of GroundWinds fringe imaging Doppler lidar", Proc. SPIE 5240, Laser Radar Technology for Remote Sensing, (12 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.510756

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