Title :
Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar investigations of western Pacific typhoon genesis and evolution
Author_Institution :
Environ. Lidar Div., Simpson Weather Assoc., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
The first ever extensive study of tropical cyclones using Doppler Wind Lidars (DWL) was conducted in 2008 within the THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign. More than 100 hours of DWL profiles were obtained with an average spacing of 3 km. These wind profiles along with dropsonde temperature, moisture and wind profiles are being used to study the genesis and evolution of tropical cyclones. Initial investigations are focused upon the impact the DWL profiles have on numerical weather prediction.
Keywords :
airborne radar; oceanographic regions; optical radar; weather forecasting; wind; DWL profiles; THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign; airborne Doppler wind Lidar; dropsonde temperature; moisture; numerical weather prediction; tropical cyclones; western Pacific typhoon genesis; wind profiles; Doppler effect; Laser radar; Tropical cyclones; Typhoons; Wind forecasting; Atmospheric Research; Doppler Lidar; Tropical Cyclones;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650221
