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SPARCLE
Announcement.
SPARCLE Partners
MACAWS (Aircraft Lidar Experiment)
SPARCLE Homepage
GHCC Homepage
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Mission Science Objectives |
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- Validate coherent lidar wind measurement performance
prediction models to confirm scalability to follow-on missions.
- Measure Line Of Sight (LOS) wind component at several
fixed azimuths to demonstrate single shot accuracy, system backscatter
sensitivity, and to obtain data sets for validation/calibration of Doppler
wind lidar performance models that will be used in the design of follow-on
missions.
- Obtain data sets using several scanning paterns for evaluation
of sampling/signal processing strategies (including shot accumulation)
for employment in follow-on missions.
- Demonstrate ability to deliver multi-perspective LOS
wind measurement that are of sufficient quality and quantity to meet Mission
To Planet Earth (MTPE) goals and improve the performance of weather and
climate models as is currently being assessed through NCEP data assimilation
experiments using simulated Doppler wind lidar data.
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