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Optimal Generation of Radar Wind Profiler Spectra

Optimal Generation of Radar Wind Profiler Spectra Radar wind profilers (RWPs) sense the mean and turbulent motion of the clear air through Doppler shifts induced along several (3––5) upward-looking beams. RWP signals, like all radars signals, are often contaminated. The contamination is clearly evident in the associated Doppler spectra, and automatic routines designed to extract meteorological quantities from these spectra often yield inaccurate results. Much of the observed contamination is due to an aliasing of higher frequency signals into the clear-air portion of the spectrum and a broadening of the spectral contaminants caused by the relatively short time series used to generate Doppler spectra. In the past, this source of contamination could not be avoided because of limitations on the size and speed of RWP processing computers. Today’’s computers, however, are able to process larger amounts of data at greatly increased speeds. Here it is shown how standard and well-known spectral processing methods can be applied to significantly longer time series to reduce contamination in the radar spectra and thereby improve the accuracy and the reliability of meteorological products derived from RWP systems. In particular, spectral processing methods to identify and remove contamination that is often aliased into the clear-air portion of the spectrum are considered. Optimal techniques for combining multiple spectra to produce averaged spectra are also discussed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology American Meteorological Society

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Publisher
American Meteorological Society
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 American Meteorological Society
ISSN
1520-0426
DOI
10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0723:OGORWP>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

Radar wind profilers (RWPs) sense the mean and turbulent motion of the clear air through Doppler shifts induced along several (3––5) upward-looking beams. RWP signals, like all radars signals, are often contaminated. The contamination is clearly evident in the associated Doppler spectra, and automatic routines designed to extract meteorological quantities from these spectra often yield inaccurate results. Much of the observed contamination is due to an aliasing of higher frequency signals into the clear-air portion of the spectrum and a broadening of the spectral contaminants caused by the relatively short time series used to generate Doppler spectra. In the past, this source of contamination could not be avoided because of limitations on the size and speed of RWP processing computers. Today’’s computers, however, are able to process larger amounts of data at greatly increased speeds. Here it is shown how standard and well-known spectral processing methods can be applied to significantly longer time series to reduce contamination in the radar spectra and thereby improve the accuracy and the reliability of meteorological products derived from RWP systems. In particular, spectral processing methods to identify and remove contamination that is often aliased into the clear-air portion of the spectrum are considered. Optimal techniques for combining multiple spectra to produce averaged spectra are also discussed.

Journal

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic TechnologyAmerican Meteorological Society

Published: Dec 26, 1997

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