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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Baker, Wayman E
• Atlas, Robert
• Cardinali, Carla
• Clement, Amy
• Emmitt, George D
• Gentry, Bruce M
• Hardesty, R. Michael
• Kallen, Erland
• Kavaya, Michael J
• Langland, Rolf
• Zaizhong, M. A
• Masutani, Michiko
• McCarty, Will
• Pierce, R. Bradley
• Pu, Zhaoxia
• Riishojgaard, Lars Peter
• Ryan, James
• Tucker, Sara
• Weissmann, Martin
• Yoe, James G

Titel

Lidar-measured wind profiles: the missing link in the global observing system: doppler lidar technology has advanced to the point where wind measurements can be made with confidence from space, thus filling a major gap in the global observing system

Ist Teil von

• Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2014-04, Vol.95 (4), p.543

Ort / Verlag

American Meteorological Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The three-dimensional global wind field is the most important remaining measurement needed to accurately assess the dynamics of the atmosphere. Wind information in the tropics, high latitudes, and stratosphere is particularly deficient. Furthermore, only a small fraction of the atmosphere is sampled in terms of wind profiles. This limits our ability to optimally specify initial conditions for numerical weather prediction (NWP) models and our understanding of several key climate change issues.