Aspects of quality control of wind profiler measurements in complex topography


Autoria(s): Maruri Machado, María de las Mercedes; Romo Argota, Juan Antonio; Gomez, L.
Data(s)

28/03/2014

28/03/2014

2014

Resumo

It is well known in the scientific community that some remote sensing instruments assume that sample volumes present homogeneous conditions within a defined meteorological profile. At complex topographic sites and under extreme meteorological conditions, this assumption may be fallible depending on the site, and it is more likely to fail in the lower layers of the atmosphere. This piece of work tests the homogeneity of the wind field over a boundary layer wind profiler radar located in complex terrain on the coast under different meteorological conditions. The results reveal the qualitative importance of being aware of deviations in this homogeneity assumption and evaluate its effect on the final product. Patterns of behavior in data have been identified in order to simplify the analysis of the complex signal registered. The quality information obtained from the homogeneity study under different meteorological conditions provides useful indicators for the best alternatives the system can offer to build wind profiles. Finally, the results are also to be considered in order to integrate them in a quality algorithm implemented at the product level.

Identificador

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 7(1) : 135-148 (2014)

1867-1381

http://hdl.handle.net/10810/11876

10.5194/amt-7-135-2014

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Copernicus Gesellschaft

Relação

http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/7/135/2014/amt-7-135-2014.html

Direitos

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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Palavras-Chave #doppler spectra #neural networks #radar #contamination
Tipo

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