The impact of atmospheric stratification on a space-borne Doppler wind lidar
Authors: Vaughan J.M.; Brown D.W.; Willetts D.V.
Source: Journal of Modern Optics, Volume 45, Number 8, 20 August 1998 , pp. 1583-1599(17)
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd
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Abstract:
The incidence of sharp changes in back scatter (stratification) in the atmosphere have been analysed from a large data set of measurements made over the Atlantic with an air-borne CO2 lidar. These results have been combined with the pulse shapes of typical CO2 lasers to investigate the impact on future space-borne wind lidars. It is shown that typically up to 11% of such measurements would be corrupted with incorrect height assignments.Language: English
Document Type: Research article
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