WMO OSCAR | Details for Instrument 3D-Winds Lidar

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Instrument: 3D-Winds Lidar

Instrument details

Acronym	3D-Winds Lidar
Full name	Lidar of 3D-Winds
Purpose	Atmospheric dynamics: wind profile in clear-air
Short description	Assemblage of Doppler lidar, one coherent, one incoherent. Three wavelengths anticipated (UV, VIS and NIR). All details TBD.
Background	New development
Scanning Technique	TBD
Resolution
Coverage / Cycle
Mass		Power	Data Rate

Providing Agency	NASA
Instrument Maturity	Demonstration pending
Utilization Period:	2023 to 2025
Last update:	2021-09-27

Detailed characteristics

Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Three-Dimensional Tropospheric Winds from Space-Based Lidar (NASA)
- 3D-Winds (see instrument status) TBD - TBD

Instrument classification

Earth observation instrument
Active and radio-occultation sensor
Lidar (Doppler lidar, backscatter lidar, lidar Dial, lidar altimeter)

WIGOS Subcomponents No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.

Mission objectives

Primary mission objectives

Wind (horizontal)

Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

Note: table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers
Note: * Primary mission objective.

Variable	Relevance for measuring this variable	Operational limitations	Explanation
Aerosol column burden	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Radial, along-view only.	Opportunity information from Doppler lidar wind profiler
Aerosol mass mixing ratio	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Radial, along-view only.	Opportunity information from Doppler lidar wind profiler
Aerosol Optical Depth	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Radial, along-view only.	Opportunity information from Doppler lidar wind profiler
Aerosol volcanic ash	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Radial, along-view only.	Opportunity information from Doppler lidar wind profiler
Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Radial, along-view only.	Opportunity information from Doppler lidar wind profiler
Wind (horizontal)*	1 - primary	Cloud sensitive.. Radial, along-view only.	Side-looking UV Doppler lidar for aerosol and air molecules scattering