Airborne coherent wind lidar measurements of the momentum flux profile from orographically induced gravity waves
In the course of the GW-LCYCLE II campaign, conducted in Jan/Feb 2016 from Kiruna, Sweden, coherent Doppler wind lidar (2 µ m DWL) measurements were performed from the DLR Falcon aircraft to investigate gravity waves induced by flow across the Scandinavian Alps. During a mountain wave event on 28 Ja...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:amt105794 2023-05-15T17:04:11+02:00 Airborne coherent wind lidar measurements of the momentum flux profile from orographically induced gravity waves Witschas, Benjamin Gisinger, Sonja Rahm, Stephan Dörnbrack, Andreas Fritts, David C. Rapp, Markus 2023-03-03 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1087-2023 https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/16/1087/2023/ eng eng doi:10.5194/amt-16-1087-2023 https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/16/1087/2023/ eISSN: 1867-8548 Text 2023 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1087-2023 2023-03-06T17:23:09Z In the course of the GW-LCYCLE II campaign, conducted in Jan/Feb 2016 from Kiruna, Sweden, coherent Doppler wind lidar (2 µ m DWL) measurements were performed from the DLR Falcon aircraft to investigate gravity waves induced by flow across the Scandinavian Alps. During a mountain wave event on 28 January 2016, a novel momentum flux (MF) scan pattern with fore and aft propagating laser beams was applied to the 2 µ m DWL. This allows us to measure the vertical wind and the horizontal wind along the flight track simultaneously with a high horizontal resolution of ≈800 m and hence enables us to derive the horizontal MF profile for a broad wavelength spectrum from a few hundred meters to several hundred kilometers. The functionality of this method and the corresponding retrieval algorithm is validated using a comparison against in situ wind data measured by the High Altitude and Long Range ( HALO ) aircraft which was also deployed in Kiruna for the POLSTRACC (Polar Stratosphere in a Changing Climate) campaign. Based on that, the systematic and random error of the wind speeds retrieved from the 2 µ m DWL observations are determined. Further, the measurements performed on that day are used to reveal significant changes in the horizontal wavelengths of the vertical wind speed and of the leg-averaged momentum fluxes in the tropopause inversion layer (TIL) region, which are likely to be induced by interfacial waves as recently presented by Gisinger et al. ( 2020 ) . Text Kiruna Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Gisinger ENVELOPE(9.639,9.639,62.550,62.550) Kiruna Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 16 4 1087 1101 |
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In the course of the GW-LCYCLE II campaign, conducted in Jan/Feb 2016 from Kiruna, Sweden, coherent Doppler wind lidar (2 µ m DWL) measurements were performed from the DLR Falcon aircraft to investigate gravity waves induced by flow across the Scandinavian Alps. During a mountain wave event on 28 January 2016, a novel momentum flux (MF) scan pattern with fore and aft propagating laser beams was applied to the 2 µ m DWL. This allows us to measure the vertical wind and the horizontal wind along the flight track simultaneously with a high horizontal resolution of ≈800 m and hence enables us to derive the horizontal MF profile for a broad wavelength spectrum from a few hundred meters to several hundred kilometers. The functionality of this method and the corresponding retrieval algorithm is validated using a comparison against in situ wind data measured by the High Altitude and Long Range ( HALO ) aircraft which was also deployed in Kiruna for the POLSTRACC (Polar Stratosphere in a Changing Climate) campaign. Based on that, the systematic and random error of the wind speeds retrieved from the 2 µ m DWL observations are determined. Further, the measurements performed on that day are used to reveal significant changes in the horizontal wavelengths of the vertical wind speed and of the leg-averaged momentum fluxes in the tropopause inversion layer (TIL) region, which are likely to be induced by interfacial waves as recently presented by Gisinger et al. ( 2020 ) . |
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Airborne coherent wind lidar measurements of the momentum flux profile from orographically induced gravity waves |
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Airborne coherent wind lidar measurements of the momentum flux profile from orographically induced gravity waves |
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