NASA NTRS · 19770003810
Wind measurement system
Abstract
A system for remotely measuring vertical and horizontal winds present in discrete volumes of air at selected locations above the ground is described. A laser beam is optically focused in range by a telescope, and the output beam is conically scanned at an angle about a vertical axis. The backscatter, or reflected light, from the ambient particulates in a volume of air, the focal volume, is detected for shifts in wavelength, and from these, horizontal and vertical wind components are computed.
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Cliff, W. C., Huffaker, R. M., Dahm, W. K., Thomson, J. A. L., Lawrence, T. R., Krause, M. C., Wilson, D. J.. 1976-10-05. Wind measurement system. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19770003810
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