Date of Award
2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Atmospheric and Earth Science
Committee Chair
Kevin R. Knupp
Committee Member
Lawrence D. Carey
Committee Member
Phillip Bitzer
Subject(s)
Winds--Speed--Measurement, Winds--Speed--Radar
Abstract
Dense profiling networks that have been used in previous studies have utilized a variety of wind profilers (radar wind profilers, Doppler sodars, Doppler lidars, and scanning radars) to capture boundary layer (BL) heterogeneity. The many profilers that are used not only implement different retrieval schemes, but also have differ- ing sample volumes and beam widths. Because these systems can have different footprints and even different temporal averaging, some of these systems may not cap- ture small-scale or short period horizontal variations across the BL. Utilizing data that is routinely collected by Mobile Atmospheric Profiling Network (MAPNet) plat- forms at the Severe Weather Institute Radar and Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL), a comparison of several wind profiling instruments has been completed. Compar- isons include detailed examples of wind profile intercomparisons within varying BL conditions. Findings show relatively good comparison between each instrument with biases and errors often dependent on nominal operating conditions as well as transient biological scatterers.
Recommended Citation
Pangle, Preston, "The intercomparison of wind profiles from various ground-based profiling systems" (2022). Theses. 388.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-theses/388