Lidar
Simulation of a Satellite-Borne, Wind-Finding Lidar System
Along with the Environmental Technology Laboratory and the Environmental Modeling Center of NCEP, FSL partcipated in a two-year study of the potential impact of a wind-finding lidar that could be flown on a polar orbiting satellite. Doppler lidar measurements aboard a polar orbiting satellite could be used to infer atmospheric winds at multiple levels over the oceans. These observations, in theory, would lead to better forecasts downstream over the continents. Because of the cost and complexity of this technology, scientists are attempting to simulate the new system in advance and find out whether the additional observations will actually lead to better weather forecasts.
- Report on Regional OSSE ETL Contribution Modeling Observations from the Wind-finding Lidar (1/25/02)
- Report on Regional OSSE FSL and NCAR Contributions Simulation of a Satellite-Borne, Wind-Finding Lidar (1/25/02)
- Evaluation of a Space-Based Wind-Finding Lidar Progress Report (1/28/00)
- Meeting on Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) for Wind-Finding Lidars (10/26/99)