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3D-Winds, Three-Dimensional Tropospheric Winds
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... would yield concrete benefits, including better day-to-day weather forecasts as well as improved forecasts of hurricane track and intensity, El Niño and La Niña, and the transport of air pollutants. 3D-Winds will measure the tropospheric wind fields using two complementary Doppler wind lidars: one in the near-infrared range, well suited for measuring winds in the presence of dust, pollution, or other airborne particles, and the other in the ultraviolet range, detecting molecular scale Doppler shifts in order to measure winds in air that is relatively pristine.
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  • complementary doppler
  • tropical regions
  • uncertainties remain

  • hurricane track
  • data throughout
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  • yield concrete
  • air pollutants
  • improved forecasts
  • measuring winds
  • southern hemisphere

  • airborne particles
  • earth orbit
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  • tropospheric wind
  • low earth

  • ultraviolet range
  • measure winds
  • scale doppler
  • relatively pristine
  • stratospheric conditions

  • research program
  • doppler shifts


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