Airborne Doppler Wind Lidar prospecting for vertical structures at flight level

摘要

Based upon the presented case studies and review of much more of the flight data the following summary is offered: 1. The continuous or random raster scans are the best options for the detection and characterization of vertical velocity features 2. The vertical velocities inferred from the LOS convergence/divergence observations appear to be reasonable and useful 3. The correlation of aerosol loading and vertical motion may be useful. However, the interpretation of this relationship requires further study. 4. Airborne prospecting for clear air vertical motion features appears very feasible and may easily be extended to clouds, waves and shear situations.