title: Single-pulse measurement of wind velocities using an Er:Yb:glass coherent laser radar.
abstract: Many wind-field mapping applications require range-resolved atmospheric velocity measurements at long range and/or with a temporal resolution sufficient to investigate turbulence. We argue that this capability can be achieved only by coherent laser radar systems that transmit energetic (>1 mJ) pulses. We describe such a system and describe single-pulse measurement of the range-resolved line-of-sight velocities, and show that the instrument-limited reproducibility of the measurements is 0.4 ms(-1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, Australia.
authors.forename: Matthew C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Heintze
authors.forename: Nick W H
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jeanneret
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Munch
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ottaway
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Veitch