Offshore wind measurements using Doppler aerosol wind lidar (DAWN) at NASA Langley Research Center

Jeffrey Y. Beyon; Grady J. Koch; Michael J. Kavaya

doi:10.1117/12.2050364

9 June 2014 Offshore wind measurements using Doppler aerosol wind lidar (DAWN) at NASA Langley Research Center

Jeffrey Y. Beyon, Grady J. Koch, Michael J. Kavaya

Proceedings Volume 9080, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XIX; and Atmospheric Propagation XI; 908011 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050364
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The latest flight demonstration of Doppler Aerosol Wind Lidar (DAWN) at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) is presented. The goal of the campaign was to demonstrate the improvement of DAWN system since the previous flight campaign in 2012 and the capabilities of DAWN and the latest airborne wind profiling algorithm APOLO (Airborne Wind Profiling Algorithm for Doppler Wind Lidar) developed at LaRC. The comparisons of APOLO and another algorithm are discussed utilizing two and five line-of-sights (LOSs), respectively. Wind parameters from DAWN were compared with ground-based radar measurements for validation purposes. The campaign period was June – July in 2013 and the flight altitude was 8 km in inland toward Charlotte, NC, and offshores in Virginia Beach, VA and Ocean City, MD. The DAWN system was integrated into a UC12B with two operators onboard during the campaign.

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Jeffrey Y. Beyon, Grady J. Koch, and Michael J. Kavaya "Offshore wind measurements using Doppler aerosol wind lidar (DAWN) at NASA Langley Research Center", Proc. SPIE 9080, Laser Radar Technology and Applications XIX; and Atmospheric Propagation XI, 908011 (9 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050364

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