Coherent lidar airborne wind sensor II: flight-test results at 2 and 10 m
Abstract
The use of airborne laser radar (lidar) to measure wind velocities and to detect turbulence in front of an aircraft in real time can significantly increase fuel efficiency, flight safety, and terminal area capacity. We describe the flight-test results for two coherent lidar airborne shear sensor (CLASS) systems and discuss their agreement with our theoretical simulations. The 10.6- m CO 2 system (CLASS-10) is a flying brassboard; the 2.02- m Tm:YAG solid-state system (CLASS-2) is configured in a rugged, light-weight, high-performance package. Both lidars have shown a wind measurement accuracy of better than 1 m s.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- December 1996
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.35.007117
- Bibcode:
- 1996ApOpt..35.7117T
- Keywords:
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- ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEAN OPTICS;
- COHERENCE AND STATISTICAL OPTICS;
- COHERENT OPTICAL EFFECTS;
- LASERS AND LASER OPTICS;
- LASERS: CARBON DIOXIDE;
- LASERS: SOLID-STATE;
- LIDAR;
- REMOTE SENSING;
- TURBULENCE;
- WINDS