Field demonstration of simultaneous wind and temperature measurements from 5 to 50 km with a Na double-edge magneto-optic filter in a multi-frequency Doppler lidar.
We report the first (to our knowledge) field demonstration of simultaneous wind and temperature measurements with a Na double-edge magneto-optic filter implemented in the receiver of a three-frequency Na Doppler lidar. Reliable winds and temperatures were obtained in the altitude range of 10-45 km with 1 km resolution and 60 min integration under the conditions of 0.4 W lidar power and 75 cm telescope aperture. This edge filter with a multi-frequency lidar concept can be applied to other direct-detection Doppler lidars for profiling both wind and temperature simultaneously from the lower to the upper atmosphere.
Huang
Wentao
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University of Colorado at Boulder, 216 UCB, CIRES, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
Chu
Xinzhao
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Wiig
Johannes
J
Tan
Bo
B
Yamashita
Chihoko
C
Yuan
T
T
Yue
J
J
Harrell
S D
SD
She
C-Y
CY
Williams
B P
BP
Friedman
J S
JS
Hardesty
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RM