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Observations of winds with an incoherent lidar detector

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We have developed a Fabry–Perot interferometer and image-plane detector system to be used as a receiver for a Doppler lidar. This system incorporates the latest technology in multichannel detectors, and it is an important step toward the development of operational wind profiler systems for the atmosphere (troposphere, stratosphere, and lower mesosphere). The instrumentation includes a stable high-resolution optically contacted plane étalon and a multiring anode detector to scan the image plane of the Fabry–Perot interferometer spatially. The high wavelength resolution provided by the interferometer permits the aerosol and molecular components of the backscattered signal to be distinguished, and the Doppler shift of either component can then be used to determine the wind altitude profile. The receiver performance has been tested by measuring the wind profile in the boundary layer. The Fabry–Perot interferometer and image-plane detector characteristics are described and sample measurements are presented. The potential of the system as a wind profiler in the troposphere, the stratosphere, and the mesosphere is also considered.

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