Preliminary Evaluation of the First NOAA Demonstration Network Wind Profiler
| Autor: | R. B. Chadwick, R. G. Strauch, D. A. Merritt, D. W. van de Kamp, T. W. Schlatter, B. L. Weber, Patricia A. Miller, Michael F. Barth, M. H. Ackley, N. L. Abshire, Ken Moran, D. B. Wuertz, D. C. Law |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 7:909-918 |
| ISSN: | 1520-0426 0739-0572 |
| DOI: | 10.1175/1520-0426(1990)007<0909:peotfn>2.0.co;2 |
| Popis: | The first wind profiler for a demonstration network of wind profilers recently passed the milestone of 300 h of continuous operation. The horizontal wind component measurements taken during that period are compared with the WPL Platteville wind profiler and the NWS Denver rawinsonde. The differences between the network and WPL wind profilers have standard deviations of 2.30 m s−1 and 2.16 m s−1 for the u- and v-components, respectively. However, the WPL wind profiler ignores vertical velocity, whereas the network radar measures it and removes its effects from the u- and v-component measurements. The differences between the network wind profiler and the NWS rawinsonde (separated spatially by about 50 km) have standard deviations of 3.65 m s−1 and 3.06 m s−1 for the u- and v-components, respectively. These results are similar to those found in earlier comparison studies. Finally, the new network wind profiler demonstrates excellent sensitivity, consistently reporting measurements at all heights msl... |
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