| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 119, 2016
The 27th International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 27)
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| Article Number | 10002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Lidar Applications to Winds and Turbulence | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611910002 | |
| Published online | 07 June 2016 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611910002
All-Fiber Airborne Coherent Doppler Lidar to Measure Wind Profiles
1 Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, CAS
2 Shanghai Institute of Optics & Fine Mechanics, CAS, Shanghai, China
* Email: x_qiao@siom.ac.cn
Published online: 7 June 2016
An all-fiber airborne pulsed coherent Doppler lidar (CDL) prototype at 1.54μm is developed to measure wind profiles in the lower troposphere layer. The all-fiber single frequency pulsed laser is operated with pulse energy of 300μJ, pulse width of 400ns and pulse repetition rate of 10kHz. To the best of our knowledge, it is the highest pulse energy of all-fiber eye-safe single frequency laser that is used in airborne coherent wind lidar. The telescope optical diameter of monostatic lidar is 100 mm. Velocity-Azimuth-Display (VAD) scanning is implemented with 20 degrees elevation angle in 8 different azimuths. Real-time signal processing board is developed to acquire and process the heterodyne mixing signal with 10000 pulses spectra accumulated every second. Wind profiles are obtained every 20 seconds. Several experiments are implemented to evaluate the performance of the lidar. We have carried out airborne wind lidar experiments successfully, and the wind profiles are compared with aerological theodolite and ground based wind lidar. Wind speed standard error of less than 0.4m/s is shown between airborne wind lidar and balloon aerological theodolite.
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