The following is a list of completed SWA simulations for Space-based Doppler Wind Lidars (DWL)
Experiment #1 of the Bracketing OSSEs
Simulation: NPOESS/OP on T213 Nature Run
Satellite Height: 833 km Nadir Scan Angle: 45 deg PRF: 12.5 Hz
Resolution Volume: 200 km X 200 km X 1 km above 2 km MSL
Resolution Volume: 200 km X 200 km X 1 km above 2 km MSL
Layers 1, 2 and 3
Percentage of DWL shots accumulated to make LOS winds
3-dimensional graphics
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Coverage with Respect to Low, Medium and High Cloud Amounts
Altitude .VS. Distance graphics
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds Due to Aerosols/Molecules and Clouds
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds Due to Aerosols/Molecules
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds Due to Clouds
1/2 Orbit of Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds
1/2 Orbit of Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds [Black&White image]
Latitude .VS. Longitude graphics
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 0 m to 250 m
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 250 m to 500 m
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 500 m to 750 m
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 750 m to 1000 m
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 1000 m to 1250 m
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 1250 m to 1500 m
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 1500 m to 1750 m
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 1750 m to 2000 m
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 2 km to 3 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 3 km to 4 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 4 km to 5 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 5 km to 6 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 6 km to 7 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 7 km to 8 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 8 km to 9 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 9 km to 10 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 10 km to 11 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 11 km to 12 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 12 km to 13 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 13 km to 14 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 14 km to 15 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 15 km to 16 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 16 km to 17 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 17 km to 18 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 18 km to 19 km
Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds between 19 km to 20 km
Experiment #2 of the Bracketing OSSEs
Simulation: NPOESS/OP on T213 Nature Run
Satellite Height: 833 km Nadir Scan Angle: 45 deg PRF: 12.5 Hz
Resolution Volume: 200 km X 200 km X 1 km above 2 km MSL
Resolution Volume: 200 km X 200 km X 1 km above 2 km MSL
Layer 1 plus layers 2 and 3 when cloud coverage is greater than 10 %
Altitude .VS. Distance graphics
1/2 Orbit of Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds
Experiment #3 of the Bracketing OSSEs
Simulation: NPOESS/OP on T213 Nature Run
Satellite Height: 833 km Nadir Scan Angle: 45 deg PRF: 12.5 Hz
Resolution Volume: 200 km X 200 km X 1 km above 2 km MSL
Resolution Volume: 200 km X 200 km X 1 km above 2 km MSL
Layers 2 and 3 when cloud coverage is less than 25 %
Altitude .VS. Distance graphics
1/2 Orbit of Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds
Proposed Experiment #3b of the Bracketing OSSEs
Simulation: NPOESS/OP on T213 Nature Run
Satellite Height: 833 km Nadir Scan Angle: 45 deg PRF: 12.5 Hz
Resolution Volume: 1/2 Swath (1000 km), 600 km in Horizontal
Altitude .VS. Distance graphics
1/2 Orbit of Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds
Latitude .VS. Longitude graphics
Comparision of Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speed Coverages Between Experiment #3 and Experiment #3b
Experiment #4 of the Bracketing OSSEs
Simulation: NPOESS/OP on T213 Nature Run
Satellite Height: 833 km Nadir Scan Angle: 45 deg PRF: 12.5 Hz
Resolution Volume: 1/2 Swath (1000 km), 600 km in Horizontal
Layers 1, 2 and 3 with 1 Observation per layer 25% of the time
Altitude .VS. Distance graphics
1/2 Orbit of Accumulated DWL LOS Wind Speeds
New Hampshire OSSE
Simulation: New Hampshire System on T213 Nature Run
Satellite Height: 460 km Nadir Scan Angle: 45 deg PRF: 10.0 Hz
Coverage graphics
Scan Pattern for the Slow Step-Stare System
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