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Correction of temperature influence on the wind retrieval from a mobile Rayleigh Doppler lidar

赵若灿a, 夏海云a b, 窦贤康a b, 孙东松a b, 韩於利a, 上官明佳a, 郭洁a, 舒志峰a b   

  1. a CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    b Mengcheng National Geophysical Observatory, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-04-21 修回日期:2014-07-15 出版日期:2015-02-05 发布日期:2015-02-05
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41174130, 41174131, 41274151, and 41304123).

Correction of temperature influence on the wind retrieval from a mobile Rayleigh Doppler lidar

Zhao Ruo-Can (赵若灿)a, Xia Hai-Yun (夏海云)a b, Dou Xian-Kang (窦贤康)a b, Sun Dong-Song (孙东松)a b, Han Yu-Li (韩於利)a, Shangguan Ming-Jia (上官明佳)a, Guo Jie (郭洁)a, Shu Zhi-Feng (舒志峰)a b   

  1. a CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
    b Mengcheng National Geophysical Observatory, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • Received:2014-04-21 Revised:2014-07-15 Online:2015-02-05 Published:2015-02-05
  • Contact: Dou Xian-Kang E-mail:dou@ustc.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41174130, 41174131, 41274151, and 41304123).

摘要: A mobile Rayleigh Doppler lidar based on double-edge technique is implemented for simultaneously observing wind and temperature at heights of 15 km-60 km away from ground. Before the inversion of the Doppler shift due to wind, the Rayleigh response function should be calculated, which is a convolution of the laser spectrum, Rayleigh backscattering function, and the transmission function of the Fabry-Perot interferometer used as the frequency discriminator in the lidar. An analysis of the influence of the temperature on the accuracy of the line-of-sight winds shows that real-time temperature profiles are needed because the bandwidth of the Rayleigh backscattering function is temperature-dependent. An integration method is employed in the inversion of the temperature, where the convergence of this method and the high signal-to-noise ratio below 60 km ensure the accuracy and precision of the temperature profiles inverted. Then, real-time and on-site temperature profiles are applied to correct the wind instead of using temperature profiles from a numerical prediction system or atmosphere model. The corrected wind profiles show satisfactory agreement with the wind profiles acquired from radiosondes, proving the reliability of the method.

关键词: Rayleigh Doppler lidar, temperature observation, wind observation, stratosphere and lower mesosphere

Abstract: A mobile Rayleigh Doppler lidar based on double-edge technique is implemented for simultaneously observing wind and temperature at heights of 15 km-60 km away from ground. Before the inversion of the Doppler shift due to wind, the Rayleigh response function should be calculated, which is a convolution of the laser spectrum, Rayleigh backscattering function, and the transmission function of the Fabry-Perot interferometer used as the frequency discriminator in the lidar. An analysis of the influence of the temperature on the accuracy of the line-of-sight winds shows that real-time temperature profiles are needed because the bandwidth of the Rayleigh backscattering function is temperature-dependent. An integration method is employed in the inversion of the temperature, where the convergence of this method and the high signal-to-noise ratio below 60 km ensure the accuracy and precision of the temperature profiles inverted. Then, real-time and on-site temperature profiles are applied to correct the wind instead of using temperature profiles from a numerical prediction system or atmosphere model. The corrected wind profiles show satisfactory agreement with the wind profiles acquired from radiosondes, proving the reliability of the method.

Key words: Rayleigh Doppler lidar, temperature observation, wind observation, stratosphere and lower mesosphere

中图分类号:  (Remote sensing; LIDAR and adaptive systems)

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42.79.Qx (Range finders, remote sensing devices; laser Doppler velocimeters, SAR, And LIDAR)