Visible wavelength Doppler lidar for measurement of wind and aerosol profiles during day and night

Kenneth W. Fischer; Vincent J. Abreu; Wilbert R. Skinner; John E. Barnes; Matthew J. McGill; Todd D. Irgang

doi:10.1117/12.188598

1 February 1995 Visible wavelength Doppler lidar for measurement of wind and aerosol profiles during day and night

Kenneth W. Fischer, Vincent J. Abreu, Wilbert R. Skinner, John E. Barnes, Matthew J. McGill, Todd D. Irgang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 34, Issue 2, (February 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188598

Abstract

An incoherent (direct detection) Doppler lidar is developed that operates in the middle of the visible spectrum and measures wind and aerosol profiles during the day and night from the planetary boundary layer to the lower stratosphere. The primary challenge of making a lidar measurement in the visible spectrum during daylight hours is the strong presence of background light from the sun. To make a measurement of this type, the laser line must be isolated spectrally to the greatest extent possible. This has been accomplished through the use of a multiple étalon Fabry-Pérot interferometer in combination with a narrow-band filter. The incoherent technique and system are a modified version of the Fabry-Pérot interlerometer and image-plane detector technology developed for an earlier Doppler lidar developed at the University of Michigan and for the High-Resolution Doppler Imager (HRDI) now flying on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. The incoherent Doppler analysis is discussed and sample measurements are shown. Winds are measured in the boundary layer with 100-m vertical resolution and 5-mm temporal resolution with 1 to 3 m s^-1 accuracy.

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Kenneth W. Fischer, Vincent J. Abreu, Wilbert R. Skinner, John E. Barnes, Matthew J. McGill, and Todd D. Irgang "Visible wavelength Doppler lidar for measurement of wind and aerosol profiles during day and night," Optical Engineering 34(2), (1 February 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188598

Published: 1 February 1995

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