Application Requirements and Research Progress of Spaceborne Doppler Wind Lidar

Binglong Chen; Zhongdong Yang; Ming Min; Jiqiao Liu; Yiming Zhao; Fu Wang

doi:10.3788/LOP57.190003

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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
Vol. 57, Issue 19, 190003 (2020)

Application Requirements and Research Progress of Spaceborne Doppler Wind Lidar

Binglong Chen^1、**, Zhongdong Yang^1、*, Ming Min², Jiqiao Liu³, Yiming Zhao⁴, and Fu Wang¹

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Radiometric Calibration and Validation for Environmental Satellites, China Meteorological Administration, National Satellite Meteorological Center, Beijing 100081, China

²Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519082, China

³Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

⁴Beijing Research Institute of Telemetry, Beijing 100076, China

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Binglong Chen, Zhongdong Yang, Ming Min, Jiqiao Liu, Yiming Zhao, Fu Wang. Application Requirements and Research Progress of Spaceborne Doppler Wind Lidar[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(19): 190003 Copy Citation Text

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Fig. 1. First wind profile returned by Aeolus

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Parameter	Surface	Upper-air
Period	3 h	1 h
Resolution	10 km	10 km(horizontal)/0.5 km(vertical)

Table 1. Essential climate variables for requirements of wind field detection

Parameter	Spaceborne coherent wind lidar	Spaceborne direct wind lidar
Parameter	Spaceborne coherent wind lidar	Filter	Fabry-Perot
Laser wavelength	10.6 μm@CO₂, 1.064 μm@Nd∶YAG, 2.1 μm@Tm, Ho∶YAG, and 1.5 μm@Er,Yb∶Glass/Fiber	694.3 nm and 374.2 nm@Ruby, 355, 532,1064 nm@Nd∶YAG, and 351 nm@XeF	1064 nm@Nd∶YAG
Detection target	Aerosol	Dust, cloud and smoke	Aerosol
Product	Wind speed	Temperature and wind speed	Wind speed
Sensitivity	High	Low
Detection range	0-6 km	3-30 km

Table 2. Comparison of spaceborne coherent wind lidar and direct wind lidar

Organization	Project	Year	System	Wavelength /nm	Problem	Progress
CRL & CTI	JEM/CDL	1998	Coherent	2051	Technical difficulty	Transformation
NASA	LAWS	1987	Coherent	2051	Large caliberand high energyconsumption	Cancel
	SPARCLE	1998	Coherent	2051	High cost	Cancel
	TWiLiTE	2005	Direct	355	Large size	Onboard
	HDWL	2006	Hybrid	355, 2051	Receiver malfunction	Onboard
	DAWN	2008	Coherent	2051	Hardwaremalfunction	Onboard
ESA	ALADIN	1999	Direct	355	Laser energyattenuation	Launched in 2018

Table 3. Research progress of spaceborne wind lidar

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