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Accuracy of estimation of the turbulent energy dissipation rate from wind measurements with a conically scanning pulsed coherent Doppler lidar. Part II. Numerical and atmospheric experiments

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Using numerical simulation, possibilities of measurements of the turbulent energy dissipation rate with a pulsed coherent Doppler lidar (PCDL) are studied in the case of conical scanning with a probing beam, with allowance for the averaging of the radial velocity over the sensing volume and error of estimates of the radial velocity. The error of the lidar estimate of the dissipation rate was calculated as a function of the number of full scans with a probing beam and of the signal-to-noise ratio. A comparative analysis was performed for the results of joint measurements of the dissipation rate by sonic anemometers and 2-μm PCDL.

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  1. V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pl. Akademika Zueva 1, Tomsk, 634021, Russia

    I. N. Smalikho & V. A. Banakh

  2. NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305-3337, USA

    E. L. Pichugina & A. Brewer

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Original Russian Text © I.N. Smalikho, V.A. Banakh, E.L. Pichugina, A. Brewer, 2013, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.

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Smalikho, I.N., Banakh, V.A., Pichugina, E.L. et al. Accuracy of estimation of the turbulent energy dissipation rate from wind measurements with a conically scanning pulsed coherent Doppler lidar. Part II. Numerical and atmospheric experiments. Atmos Ocean Opt 26, 411–416 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856013050151

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Keywords

  • Lidar
  • Radial Velocity
  • Dissipation Rate
  • Lidar Data
  • Sonic Anemometer