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Lidar-Measured Wind Profiles: The Missing Link in the Global Observing System
- Source :
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 95:543-564
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- American Meteorological Society, 2014.
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Abstract
- The three-dimensional global wind field is the most important remaining measurement needed to accurately assess the dynamics of the atmosphere. Wind information in the tropics, high latitudes, and stratosphere is particularly deficient. Furthermore, only a small fraction of the atmosphere is sampled in terms of wind profiles. This limits our ability to optimally specify initial conditions for numerical weather prediction (NWP) models and our understanding of several key climate change issues. Because of its extensive wind measurement heritage (since 1968) and especially the rapid recent technology advances, Doppler lidar has reached a level of maturity required for a space-based mission. The European Space Agency (ESA)'s Atmospheric Dynamics Mission Aeolus (ADM-Aeolus) Doppler wind lidar (DWL), now scheduled for launch in 2015, will be a major milestone. This paper reviews the expected impact of DWL measurements on NWP and climate research, measurement concepts, and the recent advances in technology that ...
Details
- ISSN :
- 15200477 and 00030007
- Volume :
- 95
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........ac136e9c6ce1ba482ef7665c4a5723f9