title: High spatial and temporal resolution mobile incoherent Doppler lidar for sea surface wind measurements.
abstract: A mobile Doppler lidar based on an injection-seeded diode-pumped Nd:YAG pulsed laser with a high repetition rate was developed to measure the sea surface wind (SSW) with high spatial and temporal resolution. The system was operated during the 2007 Qingdao International Regatta to measure the distribution of SSW in the racing area in real time with 50-100 m horizontal resolution and 2-10 min temporal resolution. An observation of nonuniform distribution of SSW is presented. The lidar results are compared with both buoy and wind tower measurements, which show good agreement. This lidar can be used advantageously for the 2008 Olympic sailing games as well as for observing mesoscale and microscale meteorology processes.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ocean Remote Sensing, Ministry of Education of China, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China. zsliu@orsi.ouc.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zhi-Shen
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bing-Yi
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Song-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhi-Gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhang-Jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wang