Space-Based Lidar Winds
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2009) | Viewed by 165
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The measurement of the global tropospheric wind field would address one of the key unmet observational requirements for understanding and predicting the future state of the earth-atmosphere system. Accurate, global tropospheric wind data are needed for several key unresolved climate questions. For a summary, please see the article by Baker et al. in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1995, Volume 76, pp. 869-888. Such data would also address one of the important sources of error in the short - to medium- range (1-7 day) weather forecasts.
A space-based Doppler wind lidar (DWL) would provide accurate, global tropospheric wind data for both climate studies and weather forecasting. The objectives of the Working Group on Space-Based Lidar Winds (hereafter referred to as Lidar Working Group) are to advocate the earliest possible deployment of a DWL, discuss the various uses of the data, and exchange information on the latest lidar technology developments.
Minutes of the Lidar Working Group meetings, held semi-annually, will be posted at this website as well as information on future meetings.
Wayman Baker
Chairperson, Working Group on Space-Based Lidar Winds
Keywords
- Lidar
- Wind
- DWL (Doppler Wind Lidar)
- Laser
- Earth Remote Sensing
